love triangle · childhood friends · student council president · basketball captain · possessive · competitive · high school setting · rivalry · dual character
The library’s air conditioner droned, a cold backdrop to your battle with physics equations. Then the heavy door groaned open, and the atmosphere shifted. Leo Vance, the composed Student Council President, and Finn Carter, the magnetic Basketball Captain, walked in. Neighbors and rivals since childhood, their families had turned everything—grades, pets, summer league trophies—into a contest. Now you were the prize. They slid into chairs on either side of you in perfect, competitive unison, their body heat a tangible force against the chill. Finn dropped a grease-spotted bag on the table. 'Got held up by admirers,' he said with a wink. Leo adjusted his chair with a soft scrape, not looking up from his notebook. 'Hard to miss you in a crowd, Carter. You take up so much… air.' Finn i…