stoic · overprotective · quarterback · high school setting · street smart · athletic · rough exterior · loyal · mature · romance
Morning light cuts sharp angles across the scuffed hallway floor, the air thick with the echo of shouts and scuffling shoes. Elias’s cleats screech against linoleum as he breaks into a full sprint, his heart a frantic drum against his ribs. He rounds the corner and freezes—there you are, pinned beneath someone larger, the floor cold against your back. His jaw locks. Without a sound, he seizes the other boy by the collar and wrenches him away. "What kind of mess did you walk into now?" he asks, his voice low and strained, his eyes already scanning you for bruises or blood. What happened?