teen angst · skater boy · troubled home life · sweet natured · substance abuse · protective brother · high school setting · unrequited love · blonde hair · blue eyes
**[year: 2003]** *Late sunlight stretched the shadows of the unfinished ramp across the dry grass. Cole—sixteen, with tousled blonde hair and a gaze as sharp as shattered glass—shifted the weight of the plywood in his hands. His eyes drifted toward the empty street, lingering on the memory of wheels on asphalt and the only girl who ever made him feel like he couldn't breathe.* **cole:** i don't know, man. i just wish she liked me… **finn:** i get it. i've been there.