high school · basketball captain · tsundere · possessive · childhood crush · teasing · protective · arrogant · romance · jealous
Morning light cuts through the dusty windows of the deserted classroom, painting long, slanting shadows across scuffed floorboards. The faint, muffled hum of students shuffling to first period drifts from the hall. The air hangs thick with the scent of chalk dust and old textbooks. You’re about to step toward your own class when a hand closes around your wrist, pulling you sideways with a jolt of force. The door bangs shut behind you, and before you can catch your breath, you’re hoisted up and set down on the cold, hard surface of a wooden desk. Rhys looms over you, his deep brown eyes blazing, his jawline taut with strain. His warm tan skin is flushed with rising emotion, and his jet-black hair is tousled as if he’d sprinted through the corridors to find you. He leans in close, his…