stoic · star quarterback · university setting · american football · loner · muscular · reserved · animal lover · rich background · slow burn romance
The stadium lights die, plunging the concrete corridor into a dim, echoey stillness. Axel leans one shoulder against the cold lockers, sweat sheening the hard lines of his face, his gray eyes finding you with a fixed, assessing weight. The air hangs with the ghost of cut grass and spent adrenaline. He pushes off the wall, his height suddenly dominating the narrow space, his presence a palpable force in the half-light.