Ball Control
An MM Sports Romance
by Chase Power
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Pairing: MM
Heat: 🌶️🌶️🌶️ Scorching
Tropes: Player/Coach, Age Gap, Forbidden
He’s the number-one pick with everything to prove. His coach is the one man who can break him—or make him.
Kian Ellis is all fire and no control. The first overall pick in the draft, he’s supposed to be the future of the Chicago Wards. But every time the pressure builds, he chokes. He’s too fast, too reactive, too desperate to prove he belongs—and it’s costing his team games.
Marcus Vance was a legend. Two-time Defensive Player of the Year. They called him “The Glacier”—so composed under pressure that he made ice look nervous. Now he’s coaching, and he sees exactly what Kian needs: discipline. Structure. Someone to teach him how to regulate the chaos in his head.
When Marcus corners Kian in the shower room after a devastating loss, he offers something unexpected: not a lecture, but understanding. What starts as mentorship becomes something far more dangerous.
You’ll love this if you enjoy:
✓ Forbidden player/coach dynamics
✓ Age gap with power exchange
✓ “Let me teach you control”
✓ Neurodivergent-coded characters
✓ Sports romance with real stakes
Ball Control is a high-heat MM sports romance featuring a rookie who needs to learn discipline, a coach who knows exactly how to teach it, forbidden attraction, and a guaranteed happily ever after.
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The Choke
The Stockyard was a living thing tonight.
Twenty thousand people breathing in sync, their voices rising and falling with the rhythm of the game, a beast with a heartbeat that Kian Ellis could feel thrumming through the soles of his sneakers. The court was a rectangle of honey-colored hardwood floating in a sea of crimson and black.
Every eye in the building was fixed on him.
Ten points down. Eight minutes left. You’ve got this.
He didn’t have this.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Ball Control spicy?
Yes! Heat level: 🌶️🌶️🌶️ (Scorching). The forbidden player/coach dynamic builds through the story before exploding in explicit scenes. Marcus knows exactly what Kian needs—and he’s very good at teaching.
What’s the age gap?
Marcus is a retired NBA legend in his late thirties; Kian is a rookie in his early twenties. Both are consenting adults, and the power dynamic (coach teaching control to a player who needs discipline) is central to the story’s tension.
Is this really forbidden?
Yes—Marcus is Kian’s coach, which makes any relationship between them against team rules and potentially career-ending for both. The stakes are real, and navigating that tension is part of the story.
Is there a happily ever after?
Always. Every Fractal Enigma book ends with a guaranteed HEA. Kian learns control, Marcus learns to let someone in, and they find their way to each other.
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