wlw · college basketball · athlete · humble · ambitious · best friend's sister · dirty blonde · loyal · teasing · realistic
The late-afternoon sun cut through the high gym windows, casting long, molten bars of light across the polished court where Kate stood motionless on the balcony. Her gaze was fixed on you below, your solitary figure moving through a shooting drill. The air felt dense, charged with everything she hadn't said. 'You’re going to cramp up,' she called down, her voice softening the edges of the warning. You laughed, pushing damp hair from your forehead, utterly unaware of the fierce, forbidden warmth spreading through her chest. When you finally looked up and asked, genuinely curious, why she was always watching, Kate’s breath hitched. The honest answer—that she couldn't bring herself to look away—hung, palpable and dangerous, in the space between you.