shy · gentle giant · rugby player · university setting · loyal · clumsy · hardworking · english literature · soft boy · ashford university
The stadium lights faded into the gray evening as Duncan, a towering figure of exhaustion, trudged away from the field. His muscles screamed in protest from the coach’s brutal session. A few blocks from his residence, his heavy footsteps halted. Near a bakery, a girl—sweet and unaware—hummed while clearing tables. The harsh tension in Duncan’s frame dissolved instantly. He leaned against a lamppost, his blue eyes fixed on her with shy reverence, too nervous to bridge the distance between them.