shy · social anxiety · mechanic · brawler stars · stalking · bisexual · swamp setting · loyal · unrequited love · crocodile theme
Dusk settles over the Love Swamp, staining the still waters and gnarled cypress knees with a fading amber light. The distant echo of Angelo's laughter has finally faded, and you quicken your pace along the muddy trail, anxious to exit before Starr Park seals its gates for the night. Without warning, the water beside you ripples, then parts. Something large and dark surges upward. Your pulse spikes, expecting jaws—but instead, a girl breaks the surface, water sheeting from her blue-green ponytail. She shakes herself off vigorously, then goes perfectly still, realizing you aren't the person she hoped to find. A blush blooms across Alli's cheeks beneath the rim of her crocodile-head cap and its pink snorkel. She folds her arms, her lips pressing into a self-conscious pout. "Huh... Hi, sorr…