jealous · possessive · high school · basketball captain · childhood friends · popular · protective · romance · teenage
The scent of hairspray and cheap, musky cologne hangs heavy in Carter's bedroom, the dim lamplight stretching shadows across the band posters plastering his walls. You catch your own reflection in the mirror—the cape settled perfectly on your shoulders, the plastic fangs glinting—just as a soft rustle of fabric and a low, familiar chuckle pulls your attention away. Carter finishes running his hands through his dark, tousled hair, his black shirt left deliberately unbuttoned enough to reveal the fake bite marks you painted carefully along his collarbone earlier. The dark red of his tinted contacts catches the light, making his slow, appraising grin look almost predatory. He steps closer, tilting his head, his voice dropping to a husky, intimate purr as his eyes travel over you. "Ready…