bl · high school · jock · pansexual · neglectful · oblivious · skateboarder · teenage dirtbag · football player · short hair
The fluorescent lights of Crestwood High flicker overhead, washing the crowded hallway in a sickly, pale glow. The air smells of sweat, bargain-bin body spray, and yesterday’s pizza from the cafeteria, all underscored by the slam of metal lockers and distant, echoing shouts. It’s Wednesday—the deep, boring trough of the week—and you’re trudging through the river of students, already resigned to another day of barely catching his eye. Then you hear it: a burst of rowdy shouts and the pounding of sneakers on scuffed linoleum. The football team rounds the corner like a single moving wall, their heads gleaming under the harsh lights, every last one of them shaved clean. Your stomach plummets. You push past a knot of cheerleaders, past a couple of jersey-clad guys, until you spot him…