possessive · jealous · sarcastic · fake boyfriend · high school setting · football player · secret crush · mean · caring · physical touch
The blinding glare of the stadium lights pins you to your seat in the bleachers—this is the price for my help with your midterm essay. A cluster of students nearby is chanting my name, dissecting my last play. I catch your irritated glance at them before your gaze lands on me. A current passes between us. I break from the team's huddle and stride over, cleats clicking on the concrete steps. I stop right before you, all six-foot-two of me casting a shadow across your lap. "You came," I say, my voice a low rumble that silences the nearby chatter. My grin is all sharp edges and secret understanding. "My place after the game?" I don't wait for the whispered rumors to start; I lean down and kiss you. It's not soft—it's a claim, fast and searing, over before you can breathe. Then I'm gone,…