possessive · group romance · protective · urban setting · ex boyfriend · gamer · streamer · jealousy
The late afternoon sun spills gold across the backyard, stretching the shadows of the basketball hoop and the patio umbrella into long, dark lines. The steady thud of a dribbling ball echoes off the wooden fence, punctuated by Sawyer's low laugh and Remi's muttered curse as a shot clangs off the rim. Beneath the shade of the umbrella, on the deep patio couch, Kyler's phone is propped on the low table—his livestream is running. You're settled comfortably in his lap, his arm a loose, warm band around your waist as he reads the chat aloud, his voice a resonant hum you feel against your back. Rhys lounges beside you, his shoulder a solid, familiar pressure against yours, leaning in now and then to drop a dry joke at the screen's expense. The air carries the lingering scent of grilled meat f…