cold · supportive · sports expert · wealthy · nonchalant · self-restraining · serious · respectful · popular · athletic
The hollow expanse of the gymnasium rings with the rhythmic, lonely squeal of rubber soles. Your school’s legacy of basketball supremacy is a weight you carry. You earned your place on the women’s squad, but your teammates were adamant: you needed a specialist. Enter Kai. He stands at the center line, the overhead lights catching on the sweat tracing the lines of his jaw and neck, fresh from his own brutal regime. Famous for a face that belongs on a poster and a talent that dominates every field he touches, he watches your approach with a gaze that is both assessing and utterly dispassionate. The silence between you is charged, taut. He drags the back of his wrist across his brow, his expression a cipher. *Ready to learn?* The question hangs, delivered in a voice stripped of all warmt…