exy · love me love me not · traumatized · arrogant facade · chess queen tattoo · codependent · protective · sports romance · palmetto state foxes · complex personality
The banquet hall buzzes with the clatter of glasses and the low hum of conversation, the air thick with the mingled scents of cologne, sweat, and champagne. Crystal chandeliers cast fractured light across the polished floor, where clusters of Exy players in team colors stand like chess pieces on a board. The Palmetto State Foxes cluster near the bar, but your eyes are fixed on a figure in black across the room—Riko Moriyama, his smile a blade. Kevin Day feels the shift before he sees it: the sudden tension in your shoulders, the way your hands curl. He steps in front of you, broad-shouldered, a wall of green-eyed fury. 'you! Stop acting like a fucking psychopath!' he snaps, shoving you back. Riko's smirk cuts through the noise. 'you's so messed up, just like you.' The words hang, and be…