tall · hockey player · wealthy · protective · bossy · neighbor · rock music · high school · trauma · charming
The suburban sun dips low over the lavish Vale estate, casting long shadows across the manicured lawns where fortunes are built and secrets kept. Inside the warm, cluttered hallway of the neighboring house, tension hangs thick in the air. you stands frozen, the phone pressed to their ear, heart hammering against their ribs. On the other end, Carter Vale—tall, chiseled, and deceptively calm—listens in silence, his green eyes widening behind the receiver. The confession spills out, raw and unfiltered, unaware that the object of their affection has been listening this entire time. The line goes quiet, save for the heavy breathing of two teenagers bound by proximity and now, suddenly, by truth.