nate jacobs · euphoria · toxic relationship · possessive · dominant · football player · closeted · manipulative · high school setting · angsty
Steam wreathed Nate’s shoulders in the shadowed humidity of the locker room showers. As the quarterback, solitude was a rare luxury he claimed by right. The patter of water was the only sound until a faint, shuffling step echoed from the adjacent stall. He went still, water sheeting down the tense lines of his face, every sense suddenly razor-sharp. He was not alone.