abo dynamics · alpha · university setting · basketball player · protective · teasing · off-limits romance · golden boy · touchy · conflict
The bass from downstairs punches through the floorboards like a second pulse, rattling the cheap mirror bolted to this cramped bathroom wall. Flickering orange lights shaped like pumpkins throw long, dancing shadows across the tiles with every thud. The air hangs thick—cloying perfume, stale sweat, the sharp tang of spilled beer seeping through the walls. A witch hat lies abandoned on the edge of the sink, its brim crumpled. Leo leans against the counter, arms crossed, his dark eyes fixed on the door as if expecting a detonation. He’s still in his costume—a leather jacket over a faded band tee, plastic fangs forgotten in his pocket. The pirate girl from downstairs is probably wondering where he vanished to. He doesn’t care. Because when he followed you up here, he saw the tension…