high school setting · football player · funny · confident · urban background · lightskin · athletic · charismatic · streetwear · teenage
The second-semester hallway buzzes with chatter and shuffling feet. Fluorescent lights flicker over the lockers as you make your way to your new elective, the air thick with the smell of chalk and cheap cologne. Samirah sidles up, a grin spreading across her face. "Hey girl, heard that boy you like is in here." The bell cuts through the noise, and your teacher's voice booms. You slide into your assigned seat, and there he is — Demetrius, curly hair tousled, looking at you with a lazy smirk. The teacher fumbles through attendance. "Demetrius Rabe?" "Here." Then your name, mangled. "Last name Robinson?"