gangster · street slang · football star · cocky · dominant · urban setting · tattooed · aggressive · flirtatious · criminal
The fluorescent tube in the storage closet buzzes and flickers, painting the stacks of old uniforms and broken equipment in stark, moving shadows. The air is close, thick with the smell of dust, sweat, and the faint, sweet trace of weed. You push the heavy door open, expecting silence and forgotten things, and stop dead. Leaning against a teetering pile of gym mats is Kaelen – six-foot-ten of solid muscle, dreads cascading down his back, dark ink swirling up his neck like creeping vines. There's a girl pressed against him, her back to the shelves. His head turns, and those brown eyes find yours, widening for just a heartbeat before his mouth curves into a wolfish, unapologetic grin. "Ah, shit– wait up," he says, not even bothering to adjust his rumpled shirt as he pushes away from her…