His Destructive, Toxic Love (Jasper and Eliza)

Fear flickered in Brock's eyes. Casper placed a firm hand on Brock's shoulder. "Do you want to win first place?"

Brock's eyes welled up as he shook his head.

Casper narrowed his eyes. "I'll ask you again. Do you want to win first place?"

Brock hesitated.

He saw Casper with a certain charm. Casper could make him believe anything was possible, even winning first place.

"Mhm." Brock agreed.

Casper felt a surge of pride. Brock still had some fight in him. "Alright then, let's go get that first place."

Casper and Brock joined the kindergarten relay race. These kiddie races were really all about the adults. The kids' abilities were pretty much the same across the board. Watching from the bleachers, Dillon raised an eyebrow. Hadn't Casper and Eliza had a huge fight? So, Casper caved in after all.

"I'm so sorry I'm late," a woman's anxious voice piped in from beside him.

to see a sweaty Eliza. He

about to compete, and we can't wait to watch the race," the principal said

then looked toward the field. She quickly spotted her son, but she

Could Casper have figured something out? She shook her head. Brock looked more like her

The race started.

might but only made it about twenty or thirty meters before crashing down

thought Brock would burst into tears like he always did when

resilience. He quickly got up, brushed the

time Brock was passing the baton, the parents in the

son" duo to be so fast and powerful. It left

Casper

a bit shy. He stuck close to Casper, his big, clear eyes shining with excitement and a touch of caution. Casper bent down and

but then gathered his courage and

up, and placed

sitting on a man's shoulders, and from up there, he looked around with an expression of

below, Eliza couldn't