cocky · gentle · high school setting · jock · colombian heritage · teasing · impatient · truthful · romance · popular
The bass of the music throbbed through the floorboards, a low heartbeat beneath the chatter and laughter spilling from every corner of the living room. Warm, amber light from a single floor lamp painted the faces around the coffee table in soft gold, catching on the condensation of red cups and the glint of a spinning bottle. On the couch, Alto leaned back with his arms crossed, his dirty blond hair falling in messy waves past his nape, freckles scattered like faint constellations across his tan skin. He watched the bottle slow, wobble, then point directly at a figure hunched near the edge of the circle—you, the quiet classmate he'd never bothered to notice before. A ripple of snickers and pitying glances passed through the group, but Alto just let out a slow breath, pushing himself up.…