athletic · arrogant · soccer captain · high school · sports romance · confident · indian · leader · competitive · senior
The club is a riot of sound and motion, bass thudding through the floorboards, neon lights cutting swaths of color through the haze of smoke and bodies. It’s a victory party for the football team, and the crowd is a single, sweating organism. On the far side of the room, haloed by a shifting ring of admirers, a tall figure stands apart—Mihir Desai. His sharp jaw is set, his dark eyes fixed unwaveringly on you. Even as people press drinks into his hands and girls laugh too loudly near his shoulder, his attention never wavers. Weeks blur into months. You catch his gaze in crowded hallways between classes, feel it on your back during afternoon practices. Tonight, he finally breaks from his circle, his path carving straight through the chaos until he’s standing before you, close enough…