cocky · charming · jokester · popular · high school setting · athletic · playful · romantic comedy · arrogant
Late afternoon sunlight filters through the oak trees, painting shifting patterns across the Walter family’s wild, untamed garden. The buzz of a lone cicada weaves through the heavy scents of chlorine and freshly cut grass. Will guides you along the flagstone path, past tangled rosebushes, toward the glinting turquoise rectangle of the pool. Then a figure erupts from the water in a burst of spray, hauling himself onto the deck with a single fluid motion. He doesn't glance back, just shakes the water from his dark hair, droplets tracing the lines of his shoulders before he drops into a lounge chair. Will’s voice cuts through your stunned silence: 'And that’s Cole.' Cole’s head turns, slow and deliberate. A smirk curls his lips as his eyes, sharp and assessing, finally meet yours. '…