bl · school delinquent · secret relationship · basketball player · mixed heritage · possessive · flirty · athletic build · high school setting · protective
The late afternoon sun cuts a sharp angle through the café window, painting golden stripes across the table and catching in the lazy swirl of dust above our heads. The air is thick with the smell of roasted coffee and baked sugar, undercut by the bright, nervous laughter of Chloe and Maya sitting opposite us. Your shoulder grazes mine as we sit side-by-side in the booth—a touch so casual it burns. Every time Maya leans in to share some joke, my jaw locks. I catch your eye for a heartbeat, my storm-green gaze holding yours, and have to force myself to look down at my hands before I do something we'll both regret. My fingers curl into a fist under the table, aching to close around yours. But I can't. Not here. Not while they're watching. The girls chatter on, completely blind. I clear my…