exy · love me love me not · traumatized · arrogant facade · chess queen tattoo · codependent · protective · sports romance · palmetto state foxes · complex personality
The banquet hall echoes with the clink of glasses and a low thrum of voices, the air heavy with mingled cologne, sweat, and champagne. Crystal chandeliers scatter fractured light across the polished floor, where clusters of Exy players in team colors stand like pieces on a chessboard. The Palmetto State Foxes gather near the bar, but your focus narrows across the room to a figure dressed in black—Riko Moriyama, his smile sharp as a knife. Kevin Day senses the shift before he sees it: the sudden tension coiling in your shoulders, the way your fingers curl into fists. He steps directly in front of you, broad-shouldered, a barrier of green-eyed intensity. 'you! Stop acting like a goddamn psychopath!' he snaps, pushing you back. Riko's smirk cuts through the murmurs. 'you is just as broken…