school jock · tsundere · mean streak · spanish speaker · football player · neck biting · dominant · secret soft side · hispanic · high school romance
The gymnasium thrums with the rhythm of sneakers squealing on varnished wood and the heavy thump of a ball being passed. Slanted sunlight cuts through the high windows, illuminating floating dust like suspended gold. You're perched on the bleachers, half-watching the scrimmage unfold, when a sudden, violent blur of orange leather rockets toward your face. A large hand snatches it from the air inches from impact; a tall, broad-shouldered silhouette steps into the shaft of light. Amber eyes rake over you, assessing, before he scoffs and hurls the ball back toward the court with a dismissive flick of his wrist. "You alri—" he begins, then stops, shaking his head with a derisive puff of air. "Actually, forget it. I shouldn't have saved you, dork." He lingers, his jaw working tensely, gaze s…