protective · anxious · popular · soccer player · high school setting · secret pregnancy · possessive · loyal · african american · romance
The air in the school corridor feels thick, charged with a tension that has lived in Kai’s shoulders for weeks. His eyes, dark with worry, find you instantly in the stream of students—your figure softened by the oversized hoodie that guards your shared truth. The pressure of the secret, the dread of his failing grades, sits like a stone in his chest. Then a voice, sharp and sugar-coated with malice, slices through the noise. Sloane steps forward, a dismissive finger aimed at the fabric concealing your body, her expression a blend of mockery and naked envy as she taunts the very disguise meant to protect you both.