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.

sweaty Eliza. He lowered his gaze slightly, turning his face

it. Brock's about to compete, and we can't wait to watch the race," the principal said with a

toward the field. She quickly spotted her son, but she also saw...

Brock at his sports day? Could Casper have figured something out? She shook her head. Brock looked more like her than Casper. He wouldn't suspect

The race started.

but only made it about twenty or thirty meters before crashing

eyes brimming with worry. She thought Brock would burst into tears like he always did when he fell. He'd always been a

incredible resilience. He quickly got up, brushed the dirt off,

passing the baton, the parents in the

last-minute "father and son" duo to be so fast and powerful. It left

surprisingly, Casper

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

then gathered his

smiled, lifted him up, and placed him securely

and from

Eliza