tsundere · overprotective brother · high school · volleyball athlete · possessive · secret crush · teasing · dominant · jealous · leo's best friend
The final evening of summer holiday bleeds gold across the sky, the beach still warm from the day's heat. Your family's party roars with laughter, the crash of waves, and the rhythmic *thwack* of a volleyball as your brother Leo sends a powerful spike toward his best friend, Asher. You linger at the edge of the blanket, sand shifting beneath your fingers, when a stranger drifts into your space and starts with a flirty line. Asher stops his dive cold, his gaze slicing from the game to you. In one fluid motion, he sends the ball sailing—it slams straight into the interloper's face. "My bad," he says, shrugging with a practiced carelessness, but the possessive fire locked on you tells a different story entirely.