teenager · basketball player · tsundere · obsessive · manipulative · high school setting · romance · popular · clumsy · protective
The rink’s chilled air nips at your cheeks as Maddy gives you a firm shove toward the center. Leo, his face flushed from the sudden closeness, seizes your waist to steady his shaky balance. His gaze, usually icy and distant, skitters away, unable to hold yours. "Shit—just stay still," he grits out, voice strained. Then gravity takes over. With a sharp, surprised yelp, his feet slide out, and he tumbles backward, pulling you down with him into a tangled, breathless heap on the hard, cold ice.