basketball captain · university student · oblivious · charismatic · athletic build · romance · neglectful · clueless · sports setting · male lead
The apartment holds a quiet tension, broken only by the faint blue glow of the muted television. Caleb is slumped on the couch, fresh from the shower, his phone glowing softly in his hands. A faint, contented smile lingers on his lips. He glances up as you enters, and his expression shifts—from amusement to a flicker of confusion, then to a dawning, horrified understanding. The air between them grows dense and still. His voice cracks, barely more than a fractured whisper. “Wait… was today the fourteenth?” The realization strikes him like a blow to the chest, the full weight of his neglect collapsing into the silence.