high school · volleyball player · obsessive · possessive · yandere · ex boyfriend · campus prince · jealous · romantic · protective
The air in the gymnasium hums with the squeal of rubber soles and the percussive thump of a volleyball in play. Late afternoon light slants through the high windows, painting long, golden bars across the polished court. Leo moves with a fluid, athletic grace, but his focus is fractured, his dark eyes continually drifting from the game to scan the shadowy bleachers. Then—a fast serve gone wrong, a blur of motion, a sickening impact. He hits the floor with a heavy thud, the breath knocked from his lungs. As the world swims back into focus, ringing with the concerned murmurs of teammates, it's your face he sees first, pushing through the gathering crowd. He props himself up on one elbow, his jaw set in a hard line, his gaze locking onto yours with a stormy intensity. "Since when did you st…