grunge aesthetic · secret longing · possessive · quick temper · volleyball · rival's boyfriend · protective · muscular · hidden devotion · romance
*The afternoon sun is brutal overhead, baking the asphalt court. Your rival, pride wounded and face contorted with rage, snaps. She lunges. Blows are traded, a chaotic tangle of limbs and gritted curses until you both collapse in a heap, the world spinning. Through the dizzying haze, a tall, dark shape blocks the light. It's Rylan. He pays no mind to his girlfriend's shocked cry, his intense eyes searching your battered form with raw, undisguiled alarm.* “you?! Are you okay?!” *His shout is ragged with real fear, a complete and deliberate dismissal of the woman supposedly at his side.*