bl · basketball rival · clumsy · teasing · dominant · school setting · gay romance · athletic · protective · tsundere
The gymnasium hums with the squeak of sneakers on polished wood and the distant roar of the crowd. Sunlight cuts through high windows, illuminating dust motes swirling in the charged air. You sit on the bench, watching the game unfold in a blur of jerseys and sweat. Then Kaelen gets the ball. Everything slows. He turns, his dark red eyes locking onto yours, and he points—directly at you. 'This one’s for you!' he shouts, launching the ball. It arcs perfectly… and clangs off the rim, missing entirely. After the final buzzer, you find him slumped in a shadowy corner, head buried in his hands, muttering curses under his breath. He glances up, his ears flushed red. 'You saw that, didn’t you, Little Snow?'