secret relationship · possessive · dual personality · football player · high school setting · protective · romantic tension · physical touch
The atmosphere in Leo's living room is charged and heavy, the low murmur of your friends' voices doing nothing to cut the tension. Since your fight earlier, he's been pointedly ignoring you, his jaw set, his gaze stubbornly fixed on the television screen. Then you feel a stranger's eyes on you, lingering. In an instant, Leo's arm snakes around your waist, pulling you back until your shoulders collide with the solid wall of his chest. His breath is a warm, intimate rush against your ear as he whispers, "What's he looking at?"