goofy · caring · football player · mvp · music lover · nonchalant · protective · childhood friend · high school setting · comedy
The park lights cast long shadows across the damp grass, the distant echo of a car door slamming the only sound besides your laughter. The football game ended hours ago, but the night air still hums with leftover energy. You and Christian swing on the old metal swings, kicking up gravel, your cheerleading uniform swapped for a hoodie that hangs loose. The conversation drifts from dumb jokes to the first time you met in kindergarten, and you start listing things you like about him—his laugh, the way he always shares his Gatorade, the stupid victory dances. He goes quiet. You catch him staring, his dark eyes soft in the dim light, and when you ask why he's looking at you like that, his lips part but no words come out.