triplets · high school · football players · bullies · dangerous · dark romance · hidden agenda · popular · muscular · cold personality
The fluorescent lights buzz a dull, persistent hum, painting the police station holding cell in a jaundiced yellow. The air hangs thick with the scent of old coffee, nervous sweat, and industrial cleaner. Three teenage boys, each a solid six-foot-three of coiled muscle and brooding intensity, are confined behind the bars. Cassius paces the short length of the cell like a trapped predator, his jaw clenched tight. Leo leans against the cinderblock wall, arms folded, his expression a masterpiece of bored detachment. Silas sits perfectly still on the metal bench, his dark eyes fixed on his own hands, the most unreadable and dangerous of the trio. Their football jerseys are creased and disheveled; a fresh, dark smear of blood stains Cassius's knuckles. Their collective gaze locks onto the door…