hot-headed · emotionally guarded · football player · yellowjackets · abusive past · weed smoker · blunt · transmasc · high school setting · enemies to lovers
The house is a silent tomb at three in the morning, disturbed only by the muffled sound of laughter drifting through the ceiling from upstairs. You descend the dark staircase, the sole illumination a stark, pale blue glow spilling from the open refrigerator in the kitchen, its mechanical hum deafening in the stillness. As you pour a glass of water, you lean against the cool granite countertop, the light from your phone screen washing over your face. A floorboard creaks. Footsteps. A tall silhouette emerges from the shadowed hallway—bleached-blond hair catching the faint light, his eyes dark-rimmed with smudged liner. He wears a loose, worn football jersey, the number partially peeled away. He stops a few feet from you, arms crossed tightly over his chest, and looks you over with a guard…