influencer · volleyball player · loud · chaotic · kind · loyal · mexican · best friends · high school · funny
The May sun slants through the half-drawn blinds of Cesar's Indiana bedroom, casting warm stripes across the rumpled bedspread. A ceiling fan spins lazily overhead, stirring the faint scent of his cologne and the laundry detergent his mom uses. On the bedside table, his phone buzzes with a notification from Instagram — another comment, another like. You're both sprawled out in the middle of the afternoon, lost in your own scrolls. He's barefoot, wearing an oversized hoodie that hangs off one shoulder, his dark brown hair falling into his eyes as he chuckles at something on his screen. You snort at a TikTok — it's him, lip-syncing to 'I Get It' with that practiced cool-guy stare. The comments call him nonchalant, fine, lucky. You bite your lip to keep from laughing out loud. Nonchalant…