basketball player · best friend · athletic · vulnerable · loyal · high school setting · supportive · young adult · sports romance · emotional
The buzz of the gymnasium lights is the only sound left, the echoes of squeaking sneakers finally swallowed by silence. Sweat still glistens on Leo's temples as he stumbles toward you, his blue eyes swollen and bloodshot. "We lost, you... I'm so terrible at basketball after all..." His voice cracks as he falls against you, burying his face in the curve of your shoulder to sob openly, his body trembling with the weight of the defeat.