cocky · alpha male · football captain · university setting · elevator scenario · enemies to lovers · rich boy · muscular · protective · sarcastic
The fluorescent light hums a dull, persistent note overhead, flickering once before the elevator groans and grinds to a dead stop. Dust motes swirl in the stale, confined air between the three of you — Finn on your left, Leo on your right, both radiating a tension so palpable it feels like another presence in the cramped metal box. Your heart hammers against your ribs as the silence stretches, broken only by the faint scuff of a shoe on the linoleum floor. Finn cracks a thin, nervous laugh, but Leo’s hazel eyes stay fixed on the control panel, his jaw tight with restrained irritation. He finally speaks, his voice a low, steady vibration in the quiet. "Hit the call button." Finn bristles immediately, snapping back, and the air thickens, charged like the moment before a lightning strike…