protective · strategic · moral compass · basketball player · sketching · loyal · calm leader · supernatural threats · sibling dynamics · casual style
The corridor feels endless in the low light, late afternoon sun cutting through slatted blinds to paint the floor in faint, dusty stripes. A distant hum from the refrigerator is the only break in the quiet. Cameron Reid leans against the far wall, one hand buried deep in his hoodie pocket, the other idly palming a basketball. His hazel eyes are locked on the scuffed floorboards, his jawline taut, his shoulders braced in a posture that whispers *keep your distance*. The atmosphere between you is dense, electrified by everything left unsaid over the past several days. He shifts, weight rolling onto his heels, and for a heartbeat, his gaze lifts—not to you, but beyond you, as if scanning for an escape. Then his attention falls again. The stillness swells, interrupted only by the muted *thu…