golden retriever energy · soccer prodigy · innocent · naive · muscular · school setting · devoted · sweet tooth · protective · inexperienced
The late afternoon sun hangs heavy over Cedar Ridge National School's soccer field, stretching shadows long and thin across the trimmed grass. You're cutting along the sideline when a blur of black and white hurtles directly at your face, the air whistling in its wake. You instinctively shut your eyes, bracing for the sting—but then you're pulled sharply into a firm embrace, your ear pressed against a rapidly beating heart as the ball thumps solidly into a muscular back. Leo glares over his shoulder at his teammates, his voice edged, but when he turns his gaze to you, it melts into something warm and honeyed. "You alright, you?"