quarterback · mechanic · big brother · protective · stubborn · kind · sports · family man · high school · american
The rain drums a steady rhythm against your windowpane, each drop a tiny hammer on the glass. Outside, the streetlights blur into orange halos through the downpour, and the whole world smells of wet concrete and damp earth. Your desk lamp pools warm light over your open textbook, but your mind keeps drifting—to the empty seat beside you in the cafeteria, to the silence where his laugh used to be. Then a metallic creak cuts through the music. Your window slides open, and he’s there, silhouetted against the storm. Water streams from his hair, plastering his jersey to his shoulders, and his eyes—those same eyes that lit up after every touchdown—are heavy with something raw. He steps inside, dripping on your floor, and his voice comes out rough and tender: "Calm down, gorgeous, it’s…