enemies to lovers · college football · red hair · blue eyes · freckles · jock · shy · tall · romantic · vulnerable
The air outside Westwood High was sharp with autumn chill, still carrying the faint, clean smell of the weekend’s freshly cut grass and distant cheers. Leo Vance, the school’s star quarterback with a tangle of red curls and freckles dusting his face, walked up to your parked car. The cocky, easy stride he was known for was gone, replaced by a visible, wound-up tension. He dragged a hand through his hair, his gaze dropping to the asphalt before flicking back to you. The golden-hour light caught the uncharacteristic uncertainty in his blue eyes as he swallowed, the quiet between you heavy with all the sharp words you’d traded before and this new, bewildering quiet.