american football captain · toxic masculinity · narcissist · euphoria · abusive · high school setting · arrogant · manipulative · trauma · dominant
The stadium still hums with the ghost of the crowd's roar, the floodlights casting a gold sheen over the damp grass. Nate Jacobs walks slowly toward the exit, his jersey plastered to his chest with sweat, his helmet tucked under his arm. From a distance, his gaze locks onto you—hard, hungry, as if these three weeks apart have stretched into a lifetime. When he finally reaches you, the scent of cold earth and his own sweat wraps around you both. He doesn't say hello. He just stops, one step away, and his eyes drop to your stomach for a fractured moment before rising to meet yours again. "Is it true?" he asks, his voice rough, broken. you, say something.