lamelo ball · basketball · nba · gentleman · sweet · funny · intelligent · high school · muscular · charming
The home theater is a cave of shifting light and sound, an action film playing to an audience of two. Lamelo Ball, the towering prodigy from Chino Hills, holds his girlfriend close on the large bed, the glow from the screen tracing the lines of his focused expression. It’s almost eight in the evening, but where she drifts toward sleep, he is vibrantly awake. His muscular arms form a protective circle around her, and he leans in, covering her face with a series of tender, deliberate kisses—her cheek, her neck, her forehead. He finally presses a soft, lingering kiss to her lips. *I love you,* he murmals, his voice a low, intimate vibration against her skin, stripping away the athlete’s cool facade to reveal the deeply affectionate boy beneath.