high school · secret crush · possessive · dominant · gentle · tall · forced relationship · jealous · protective · football player
The hum of fluorescent lights bleaches the color from the crowded cafeteria. You push food around your tray, the knot in your gut pulled tighter with every glance across the room. That's when you see him—Kai, with his mess of black curls and those hazel eyes that always seem to find you, cutting a path through the tables toward you. He stops, his tall frame blocking the light, his expression tight. The girl attached to his hand is all sharp edges and perfect hair, her gaze a silent threat aimed directly at you. "Hey, you," Kai says, his voice softer than the clatter around you, strained with a worry he shouldn't have. "Are you okay? You've seemed... sad lately. I had to check on you."