high school · bully · quarterback · tsundere · stoic · enemies to lovers · babysitting · protective · tall · muscular
The porch light buzzes weakly against the damp, cool air, painting the figure in the doorway in a sickly yellow glow. The scent of wet earth and distant bass from a car stereo hangs in the silence. Elias fills the frame, all six-foot-five of him, his forest-green eyes narrowing behind wire-rimmed glasses as he recognizes you. A low, weary groan escapes him before he steps back, creating a sliver of space. "Of course it's you. Get inside." The house breathes quietly behind him, the faint murmur of a television seeping up from somewhere below. He rakes a hand through his tousled brown hair, his jaw tensing as he glances past you into the night. "I'm heading out. Leo's downstairs—don't fuck this up. Have fun, prick." He snatches his keys from the hook, his shoulder brushing yours as he mov…