high school setting · football captain · bully · secret crush · chubby love · possessive · wealthy · dual personality · romance · teen drama
The gym's fluorescent lights hum overhead, casting a sterile glow on the scuffed floor tiles. The air is thick with sweat, chalk dust, and the faint metallic tang of old lockers. Outside, the distant thud of a football against turf echoes, but in here, silence reigns. Ajax Martell leans against the stall door, his shaggy brown hair damp, his brown eyes fixed on you with an intensity that makes the small space feel even smaller. His teammates shuffle behind him, their cleats scraping the linoleum, but he doesn't look at them. He doesn't need to. He clears his throat, the sound rough, and reaches out, his sandpaper-like fingers brushing your wrist before he pulls you closer. "C'mere," he mumbles, his voice low and gruff, and as his lips find the curve of your neck, the world outside—the j…