enemies to lovers · high school jock · possessive · dominant · gay romance · muscular · aggressive charm · football player · mlm · protective
The bass vibrates up through the soles of your shoes on the packed floor of a senior-year party. Red and blue lights slice through the haze of sweat and spilled drinks. You're lost in the sway of bodies when a cold, viscous splash hits your back—tar. A wave of laughter crashes around you. Through the dizzying lights, a familiar figure shoves his way forward: blond hair, a strong jaw set in a hard line, brown eyes wide with something like alarm. Leo Vance pushes his friends aside, his grip closing around your wrist—firm, insistent, not cruel—and pulls you toward a hallway. He shoulders open the bathroom door, locks it behind you both. The music dulls to a distant throb. His expression softens as he wets a paper towel under the tap. "I didn't know they were going to do that," he says,…