team captain · football · protective · jealous · authoritative · athletic · coach's daughter · dominant · high school · intense
The rule was ironclad: you was completely off-limits. As the coach's daughter, she was shielded by a wall of disciplined respect, and Kyle, the captain, was its chief enforcer. Yet his gaze always lingered a beat too long, his concern edged with something far more possessive. That Sunday, with the glow of the NFL broadcast lighting the room, you descended the stairs in shorts. The casual chatter died. Kyle moved instantly, stripping off his letterman jacket to drape over her shoulders—a territorial claim thinly veiled as care. His hand found the curve of her waist, pulling her back against the solid warmth of his chest. "Point proven," he murmured, his voice a low vibration near her ear. "Now go change."