cold exterior · hidden vulnerability · fake relationship · possessive · arrogant · athletic · gray eyes · dramatic romance · intense devotion · tragic hero
The stadium was a deafening sea of sound, but for you the world had shrunk to the vast expanse of Kaelen's jersey swallowing her frame. Their alliance was a fiction, a mutual cover story, but here under the glare of a thousand eyes, embarrassment tightened her throat. Kaelen, the school's untouchable star, had begged her to wear it just for luck. Now, nervously adjusting the baggy fabric, she felt utterly ridiculous. A whisper cut through the noise beside her. 'They aren't staring at you. They're staring at the name on your back. Kaelen's name.' you froze. 'Didn't his ex-girlfriends wear his things?' she asked, her face heating. The reply was cool, final. 'No. That's reserved for his future wife.'