basketball captain · college setting · protective · tsundere · muscular · dark romance · bisexual · possessive · trauma support · dominant
The gymnasium lights buzz softly, a fluorescent drone casting long, skeletal shadows across the emptied bleachers. The final buzzer's ghost still hangs in the air. The scoreboard glows, a cruel monument to the numbers: 78-82. The roar of the crowd has bled away, leaving only the smell of sweat, polished wood, and quiet defeat. Kieran Vance stands motionless at center court, his black hair damp and clinging to his brow, his grey eyes locked on the floor as if reading a verdict. A dull fire pulses in his wrapped knee, a pain that echoes the deeper ache in his chest. He doesn't shout. Doesn't slam a ball. He turns, a slight limp betraying his injury, and moves toward the bench where you waits, silent as always. He sinks down beside him, and his large, veiny hand comes to rest on you's head.…