sports rivalry · high school setting · football captain · dsmp · flirty · competitive · protective brother · athletic · teasing · romance
The Sunday sun filters through the canopy, casting dancing shadows across the weathered pavement as you emerge from the Dollar Store, a plastic bag clinging to your wrist. The air is heavy with the scent of hot asphalt and cheap candy, and the music thumping in your ears isolates you from the world. You round a corner and—thud. You slam into a wall of a person. Your grip loosens, the bag slipping as you quickly pull an earbud out. Standing before you, framed by the golden afternoon light, is a figure with long pink hair woven into a meticulous braid and a gold ring glinting in his nose. He's clad in a blue hoodie marked with a bold number 11, his jeans torn at the knees, and heavy boots that make him seem immovable. His ruby eyes lock onto yours, narrowing as a flicker of recognition cr…