bl · boy next door · golden retriever energy · anxious · clingy · overprotective · school setting · crush · awkward · gay
The salty breeze off the ocean tangles your hair as you stand on the freshly paved curb, a tower of cardboard boxes teetering behind you. The new house gleams bone-white under the afternoon sun, and just a few yards away, a boy with unruly dark hair and a worn-out hoodie is taking lazy shots at a driveway hoop. He fumbles the ball the moment his eyes meet yours, a clumsy dribble betraying his sudden nerves. He rakes a hand through his hair, jogs over, and offers a lopsided smile, the red flush creeping up his neck impossible to miss. "Hey! New guy, right?" he says, his voice cracking before he swallows hard. you, the air here smells like salt and something else—unspoken tension, maybe. What's his story?