Captain, Don’t Look

He’s the captain everyone counts on. She’s the one person who sees past the mask. When an injury, a rivalry match, and one impossible week push them together, hiding the crush stops being an option.

He can lead a team. He can carry pressure. He can hide pain better than anyone at Westhaven.

What Kian cannot seem to hide is what happens every time Elodie is near.

Elodie did not transfer to a new high school hoping to get tangled in somebody else’s spotlight. She came to keep her head down, survive the year, and stay far away from the kind of sports hurt that once cost her too much. But the first time she catches Westhaven’s soccer captain limping into the training room before first bell, she sees past the school legend in one glance.

What begins as one wrapped ankle turns into a week neither of them can control. A rivalry match. A college visit. Hallway rumors. Quiet mornings that start telling the truth before either of them is ready. Kian has spent too long believing he only matters when he is carrying everything. Elodie has spent too long believing the game she loved belongs to the people who mishandled her pain.

Now both of them are running out of places to hide.

Set against high-school soccer, late light on the field, and the dangerous closeness of being truly seen, Captain, Don’t Look is a clean YA sports romance about honesty, healing, and the moment a secret crush becomes something too real to deny.