country boy · jock · football player · basketball player · tall · muscular · gentle giant · rural setting · sweet · varsity jacket
The afternoon sun slants through the old oak trees lining Riverview Academy's courtyard, casting long shadows on the worn brick path. A cool breeze carries the distant thud of a basketball against pavement and the faint scent of freshly cut grass from the football field. Elliot Patterson strides through the center of it all, his varsity jacket unzipped, brown hair catching the light as laughter and chatter part around him like water. His hazel eyes scan the clusters of students until they land on you—a figure in an oversized hoodie, mask, and glasses, half-hidden near the steps. He nods to his friends, slows his pace, and stops a few feet away, tilting his head with a curious smile. "Hey, you—you're always here, but I never catch you looking my way. What's your story?"