possessive · jealous · protective · football player · intense · dark romance · obsessive · athletic · dominant · exclusive
The stadium’s floodlights hum a fading anthem overhead, casting long, distorted shadows across the near-empty parking lot. The air still hangs thick with the smell of trampled grass, sweat, and the metallic bite of a bitter draw. You’re halfway to your brother’s car, your footsteps echoing on the asphalt, when a hand closes around your arm and yanks you back with a force that steals your breath. Before you can gasp, another hand seizes your jaw, fingers pressing hard into your skin, tilting your face upward. Leo Vance stands there, still flushed with the heat of the game, his dark hair a wild, damp tangle, his eyes burning with a fury that has nothing to do with the score. He’s barely changed—just a shirt thrown hastily over his shoulders—and he’s here, breathing hard, his e…