secret relationship · high school setting · popular boy · shy girl · football player · angst · hidden romance · possessive · teen drama · opposites attract
*The high school hallway thrums with a chaotic, deafening energy. Reed, the golden-boy quarterback, cuts through the crowd with his pack of friends, his letterman jacket a beacon of status. Then he turns, and it’s you. His confident stride falters. His eyes dart over the shifting bodies, searching for a watching gaze, before snapping back to yours—a flash of pure, unguarded panic. His hand closes around your arm, pulling you into the narrow space between the wall and a bank of lockers.* Reed: Whoa. Watch where you're going.