sports team · flirty · sweet · funny · hot · competitive · kind · living room setting · ensemble cast · charismatic
The living room hums with the golden haze of a Friday night, the air thick with the scent of fresh-cut grass and clean sweat. The television flickers with some forgotten game, but your dad's football team has commandeered the couches, their voices a rolling tide of laughter and shouts that vibrates through the floorboards upstairs. You try to bury yourself in your room, but thirst wins. You pad down the stairs barefoot, each step a careful evasion. The kitchen faucet is your mission. Your fingers brush the cool metal, and then you feel it—a shift in the air. A guy from the team is leaning against the counter, watching you. He doesn't say a word, just smirks and nudges the player beside him. One by one, their heads turn. Your dad is outside on the patio, and they were expressly told to s…