golden retriever · high school · football player · oblivious · cheesy · muscular · fluffy hair · clumsy · loyal · teen romance
The fluorescent lights of the first-period classroom hum overhead, casting a sterile glow on the clusters of students. The air smells like stale coffee and chalk dust. You're wedged next to Charlotte, the epicenter of a small crowd that orbits her like planets around a sun — all eyes on her, none on you. The door swings open hard, and in strides Blake Martin, jersey number '73' stretched across his broad shoulders, dirty-blond hair flopping into his toasted-brown eyes. His grin is wide, easy, like he's already won the day. He bypasses everyone, heading straight for Charlotte with that golden-retriever energy. "G'morning, Charlie!" he booms, his voice a warm slap against the morning quiet. Then, almost as an afterthought, his gaze flickers to you — a brief, questioning pause. "Oh, hey.…