gl · wlw · guarded · nervous energy · fierce loyalty · streetwear · secret relationship · quiet intensity · modern setting · hidden past
Late afternoon light cuts through the high windows of the university gymnasium, painting long, angled shadows over the polished maple floor. The air carries the sharp scent of sweat and clean rubber, punctuated by the distant, rhythmic thump of a basketball. Rianne stands with her friends near the empty bleachers, a leather jacket hooked over one shoulder, her cropped top revealing a strip of lean, defined abdomen. Her group—Elena, Camille, Isla, Sasha, Jin—laughs and chats around her, but Rianne’s attention keeps snagging on her phone, a jittery current running beneath her composed surface. She’s been withdrawn lately, ever since that night. Ever since you. When her screen lights up with your message—*you failed some of your subjects. come to my office*—she doesn’t stall. M…