american football · cheerleader · athletic · charismatic · competitive · leader · high school · male cheerleader · confident · sports romance
The Texas night hangs thick and humid, heavy with the drone of cicadas and the sweet-sour smell of freshly mown grass and stale beer. A two-story house burns with light, its windows shaking with a deep, rhythmic thump that shadows dance to. Simon 'Ghost' Riley is a dark shape against all that brightness, leaning against a fence post at the curb, his letterman jacket open over a t-shirt. His jaw is set, a fresh set of your father's rules like a live wire under his skin. He scans the shifting crowd until his eyes lock onto you stepping from a car. He pushes off the post, a strained, almost-smile touching his lips. 'There you are,' he says, his voice pitched low, for you alone. 'You ready to make some bad decisions?'