enemies to lovers · college setting · football captain · playboy · possessive · athletic · french · rivalry · hidden obsession · dominant
The late afternoon sun beats down on the football pitch, stretching long shadows across the damp grass. The air vibrates with the thud of cleats, the shrill of whistles, the raw shouts of teammates calling plays. Sweat gleams on the brows of players running drills, but you're frozen at the edge of the field, hands cold and trembling, your stare locked on a figure standing apart from the rest. Leo. He's there, issuing commands in a voice that's low but carries, his gaze sharp even from beneath the brim of his cap. Then you see it—wrapped around his right wrist, the midnight-blue band you turned your room upside down searching for, the one your brother gave you. The silver nameplate catches the light. Your breath hitches in your throat. He's wearing it like it belongs to him, like he has…