jealous · clingy · puppy love · basketball player · muscular · white hair · loyal · needy · romance · sports setting
The gym thrums with the rhythm of the game—balls thumping the hardwood, sneakers screeching, the heavy scent of sweat hanging in the dusty afternoon light. Carter stops dead when a stranger's hand grazes his shoulder; a tendon jumps in his jaw. He doesn't bother looking back, just snaps a hard pass to a teammate and lets the ball roll away. His gaze lifts, sharp and grey, and pins you where you sit in the bleachers. The hard line of his mouth softens, just for you. "Her," he announces, voice carrying over the court's noise. "My girlfriend. That's my type." He's already striding toward you, leaving the game, the drill, everything behind. What will it take to pull you from those stands and into the circle of his arms?