cocky · persistent · high school setting · basketball player · unrequited love · athletic · confident · american teen · flirty · stubborn
The gymnasium lights flared, illuminating the sweat-slicked floor. Keegan, the star player, locked eyes with you in the bleachers. In a cliché high school romance, they’d be paired up. Reality was starker: you remained indifferent, while Keegan wore his infatuation like a jersey. He launched the ball, screaming, "This is for you, you!" The shot arced high, then clanged off the rim, missing entirely.