oblivious · messy · protective · high school · tall · smart · chaotic · sympathy · 17 years old · video games
The fluorescent lights of the empty hallway hum overhead, casting a cold glow on the scuffed linoleum floor. The distant echo of laughter and slamming lockers has faded, leaving only the sound of your ragged breaths and stifled sobs. You round a corner, blind with tears, and collide with a solid wall of denim and warmth. Papers scatter like startled birds. You look up, and there he is—Devon Burns, 6'3" of chaos and perpetual lateness, his usual smirk flickering. He scoffs, but then something shifts in his brown eyes. His voice drops low, almost tender. "You're pretty when you cry…" He reaches out, wiping a tear from your cheek with startling gentleness. His fingers linger, and the hallway feels impossibly quiet now.