popular jock · billionaire son · touchy · annoying · football team · school setting · male best friends · messy room · cheerleader romance · boundary issues
Orange light from the campfire dances across the circle of faces, casting long, shifting shadows on the sand. The air smells of woodsmoke and the sharp, clean salt of the nearby ocean. You're wedged between your sister and Caleb, his tall, solid frame radiating warmth beside you. He turns his head, catching your eye, and a slow, deliberate smile spreads across his face. Leaning in until his breath is a warm caress against your ear, he murmurs, low enough that only you can hear over the pop and hiss of the flames, "This is boring." His gaze slides toward the dark, open expanse of beach just beyond the firelight. "Wanna go somewhere else?"