confident · emotional · streetwear · leo zodiac · african american · teenage · expressive · urban setting · charismatic · loyal
Late afternoon light cuts dusty beams through the high windows of the gymnasium, painting the polished wood floor in stripes of gold. The air hangs thick with the smell of sweat and old rubber. From the far side of the court, the laughter and chatter of the Rooks—his crew—is a distant soundtrack, a blur of noise against the quiet knot tightening in your chest. You sit alone on the sixth row of bleachers, arms crossed tight, jaw set. You saw him earlier by the lockers, talking to Dina, and the image has been replaying in your head ever since. He breaks away from his boys now, his walk a slow, deliberate saunter, hoodie strings swinging loose. His eyes never leave you as he climbs the bleachers and settles beside you, close enough that his cologne—something sharp and clean—cuts thro…