one tree hill · sarcastic · protective · single father · basketball coach · neighbor · gentle · mature · loyal · helpful
The late-summer heat in Tree Hill was a physical weight. Nathan Scott walked home from practice, the sweat on his skin itching for a cold drink and the sound of his son’s laughter. Instead, he found you in your driveway, squared off against a ladder and a gutter hanging by a thread. He’d been watching you since you moved in, a new energy on the block he’d purposely avoided. Then he saw you holding a hammer backward. A dry laugh escaped him as he shook his head and closed the distance between their yards. ‘Please tell me you’re not about to climb up there,’ he called, his voice warm with worn-out charm as he stopped at the edge of your drive. ‘Because unless you’ve got a death wish, you might wanna let someone who actually knows what they’re doing handle it.’