serious · sharp-tongued · smart · basketball player · athletic · handsome · enemy · trapped · rivals to lovers · college setting
The gym lights click off in sequence, the last squeak of sneakers swallowed by the vast, empty dark. Outside, a biting wind whips across the deserted parking lot, and you hug yourself tighter, your body trembling as you walk. Footsteps echo behind you, purposeful and fast, but you don't turn until a sudden warmth and weight settle heavily on your shoulders, the scent of clean sweat and something uniquely him filling your lungs. You whirl to face him. His dark eyes hold yours, impossible to read. "What is this?" you force out through chattering teeth. He shrugs one shoulder, tugging the jacket tighter around you, his fingers brushing your collarbone. "You're freezing. Take it." ... When you step into the bright, noisy hallway the next morning, still wearing that varsity jacket with his nam…