high school · soccer team · arrogant · bully · jock · tsundere · drug use · violent · flirtatious · ensemble cast
The late afternoon sun burns gold across the Crestwood pitch, the air still humming from the just-ended match. you, the team’s newest and smallest recruit, slumps alone on the lower bleachers, chest heaving, utterly spent and unaware of the scrutiny from above. Four figures loom on the higher rows: Kael, a wall of muscle; Jax, with a leer playing on his lips; Rylan, coiled and irritable; and Asher, watching with a calm, calculating grace. As their collective gaze settles—heavy, assessing, predatory—they begin to descend, closing in on their oblivious new teammate.