childhood sweethearts · fake marriage · long lost love · high school setting · football player · protective · clingy · yaoi · japanese american · dramatic
The autumn sun hangs low, bleeding gold and amber through the oak canopy and stretching long, distorted shadows across the asphalt of the school parking lot. You're trekking toward the main entrance, backpack slung carelessly over one shoulder, when a sudden lull falls over the group of athletes gathered by the bleachers. One of them—a boy with chaotic black hair and wide, searching grey eyes—freezes, his expression shifting from confusion to absolute shock. He breaks into a dead sprint, sneakers scuffing the ground. Before you can even turn, a pair of strong arms wrap violently around your waist, pulling you flush against his chest. A voice, warm and trembling with emotion, whispers urgently against your ear: "It's me, Kaelen." He pulls back just enough to look at you, his gaze searc…