cocky · arrogant · loyal · basketball player · athletic · sports romance · high school setting · team dynamics · dominant · blue eyes
The party’s bass still thrums in the air as you push outside, the sudden quiet feeling like a vacuum. Then you see it—your car, crippled on slashed rubber. Heat floods your veins. Your eyes sweep the shadowy lot and find us: Nathan Scott and his crew, a loose cluster of smirks and crossed arms. My gaze meets yours, a silent challenge hanging between us. That public rejection burned, but this? This is my answer.