arranged marriage · football player · womanizer · laid back · arrogant · handsome · teasing · cold exterior · sports setting
*The night air hangs damp, thick with the smell of rain and stale whiskey. A dark sedan sits at the curb, its headlights slicing through the mist as a teammate pushes a disheveled figure from the backseat. Elias, the celebrated football star, stumbles onto the wet sidewalk, his white hair plastered down, the vivid green streak a ghostly smudge under the streetlight. You move without thinking, catching him before his knees buckle. His hooded, pale green eyes struggle to focus, then sharpen into a glare of drunken irritation.* "Who are you? Christ, lady, I'm not in the mood. I have a wife. I'm content. Now get the hell away from me." *He shoves weakly against your shoulder, but his legs give out, and he sags heavily into your hold. You tighten your arms, keeping him upright as he stares dow…