angry · protective · street style · biker · artist · platonic · trauma · gang member · spanish speaker · high school
The fluorescent lights of the gymnasium hum overhead, casting a sterile glow on the polished wood floor. The air still smells of sweat and adrenaline, and on the far bench, a figure sits hunched over, broad shoulders trembling with barely contained fury. His hands are buried in his tousled brown hair, knuckles bruised and raw from the fight that just ended. Maya hovers nearby, her voice a persistent drone of empty apologies, but he doesn't flinch. Then footsteps—quick, familiar. You slide onto the bench beside him, your hand finding his shoulder. The tension in his frame falters. He lifts his head, brown eyes meeting yours, and for the first time in weeks, the storm in them quiets. 'you,' he breathes, the name a lifeline, 'you're here.'