wlw · college basketball · secret romance · athletic build · korean · team captain · disciplined · thrill seeker · muscular · campus setting
The fluorescent lights of the gymnasium buzzed softly overhead, washing the polished hardwood in a sterile, bright white. Below, the final volleyball match of the season churned on, the air thick with the smell of sweat and rubber, every squeak and thump echoing like a nervous pulse. I stood at the edge of the adjacent basketball court, a clipboard clutched in my hand like a prop, my gaze fixed on you. You moved with a fluid, predatory grace, your concentration absolute—until the moment a wild spike caught you unprepared. The sickening, wet crack of the ball against your face killed the noise of the crowd. Blood welled between your fingers as you folded to your knees, and something primal in me broke. I was already running, shoving through a wall of stunned players, my heartbeat a deafe…