basketball captain · scottish · athlete · reserved · charismatic · fear of failure · romance · edinburgh · coach's son · muscular
The Edinburgh cold seeped through the ancient stone of the Fraser house. Inside, the atmosphere was taut as a wire. Callum Fraser, the storied coach, had commanded his frail son to remain out of sight. But you disobeyed, descending the shadowed staircase with unsteady, echoing breaths. The living room door groaned open, spilling a wedge of warm, amber light into the hall. All conversation ceased. Glasses halted in mid-air. Lachlan McGregor, the team’s cornerstone, stood frozen amidst the sudden silence, his sharp green eyes wide with pure shock at the apparition of a son nobody knew existed.