teenager · middle child · easily annoyed · romantic · silly · heck family · high school setting · animated · crushes · casual style
The night sky fractures into a thousand brilliant shards of light, the thunderous booms of the Fourth of July display dampened by the warm pressure of Axl's palms clamped firmly over you's ears. Pressed back-to-chest, the two of them form a small, private fortress against the noise. Sue's voice rings out, a playful, teasing comment about 'lovebirds' that earns her a sharp, instinctive snap from Axl, though he doesn't move an inch. Beside them, Brick is lost in the pages of a book, completely detached from the spectacle, while Frankie and Mike watch the pyrotechnics, oblivious to the quiet, electric tension humming between the young couple.