Atticus and his fucking cat pictures. He sent them daily, often in bursts of a dozen or more at a time. But Sammie knew that if she ignored him, he would just keep sending more.
Unlocking her phone, Sammie realized she still had her thread with Ivy open to ball cap guy’s profile. She was about to close out the app entirely when something in one of his photos caught her eye. Sammie clicked on it, squinting to focus.
It was another picture of him, shirtless again, hat still firmly in place shadowing his identity. But that wasn’t what had caught her eye. No, it was the faint trace of a scar she could see along his upper arm. She tried to ignore thoughts of what that arm was doing just out of frame, instead zooming in on his bicep.
Sammie recognized that scar.
Its crescent moon shape. The placement, right beneath his left shoulder. It was smaller than she remembered, but he’d grown since the last time she’d seen it.
Flashes of a memory tore through her mind. A ball spiked hard on a run down sandy court. A dive that had saved the day.
Kieran jumping up from the sand, blood running down his arm, a wide smile on his face as he high-fived every player on their makeshift team. He hadn’t cared that a rock had just gouged out a chunk of his skin. Not when his save had won them the game.
Sammie’s blood ran cold as sobriety washed over her.
Fuck. Shit. That was Kieran in the picture.
Sammie took a quick screenshot, firing off a rapid series of texts to her brother before dropping her phone onto her chest. Her mind continued to race, to circle around what exactly she had just potentially discovered.
Sammie: Attie omg
Sammie:Attachment
Sammie: The scar on his arm
Sammie: That’s Kieran
Sammie: Tell me I’m wrong
It wasn’t long before a response vibrated through her.
Atticus: Okay, first of all, did you just send me porn?
Atticus: Second of all
Atticus: That is 100% kieran
Atticus: Sammie, how the fuck did you stumble on this goldmine
Sammie: It’s the account Ivy sent me, but I don’t think she knows
Sammie: That it’s him
Atticus: I don’t know if i’m more horrified or turned on to be completely honest
Atticus: He looks fucking good
Atticus: He’s also my captain and bestie, ew fuck
Sammie: What do I do???
Atticus: I know what i would do if i were you but i don’t want you to fucking tell me about it
Atticus: Hang on, kai wants in on this
Sammie: DON’T TELL KAI
Kai: Too late.
