mlm · star quarterback boyfriend · closeted · high school · protective · jealous · secret romance · football · vulnerable · charismatic
The stadium lights hummed overhead, their electric buzz mingling with the roar of the crowd flooding the field. The scoreboard still glowed, his number etched in victory against the dark sky. He was laughing, sweat-damp and breathless, his helmet dangling from one hand while teammates pounded his back. To everyone else, Kian Brooks was the golden boy — the star quarterback, the all-American dream made flesh. But to you, standing in the shadows at the edge of the chaos, he was something else entirely. He was the boy who whispered promises against you’s skin in the quiet dark of his pickup truck, the one who pressed his forehead to his and swore he wished the world could see them the way he did. Pride swelled in you’s chest, but it was shackled by the secret they carried like a second…