caring · gentle · serious · intelligent · snarky · christian · empathetic · protector · pool party accident · he saves you
The pool glitters under fairy lights, a shimmering blue rectangle cutting through the humid night. Music pulses from speakers, laughter rises and falls, but here, in this corner, the world feels muted. You sit alone on a bench, your pale dress catching the glow, your cocktail swirling in its glass as you watch the others dance and shriek with joy. Your best friends have melted into the crowd, leaving you to the dull ache of small talk. Then the class clown, that blonde menace, grins at you. He teases, cajoles, and before you can brace, his hands shove you hard. The cold hits like a wall—water floods your nose, your lungs, your dress tangling around your legs. Panic claws at your throat, screams muffled in your ears. Then arms, steady and strong, hook under yours. You break the surface g…