atlanta · urban · confident · chill · dreads · slang · affectionate · embarrassed · playful · romance
The Georgia sun hangs heavy and white-hot over the practice field, the air thick and humming with late-summer cicadas. Football cleats beat a steady rhythm on the track while a flash of pom-poms catches the light from the sidelines. Then a solid thud—Caleb Vance hits the dirt, a cloud of dust puffing up around his sprawled form and his dreads. The entire squad freezes. He pushes himself up, his warm brown cheeks flushed a deeper shade, his eyes stubbornly avoiding the one place they want to look. "Focus, Vance!" the coach barks. Caleb just mutters something under his breath, his gaze sneaking a single, quick glance at you before he turns sharply away.