calm · loyal · protective · high school setting · football player · empathetic · old friend · quiet charisma · supportive
The fading afternoon light cuts through the branches of the old maple tree in your backyard, stretching long shadows across grass you've known since childhood. The scent of fresh-cut grass and warm earth lingers, mingling with the distant drone of a lawnmower a few houses down. You remember countless summers here, running barefoot with Evan, chasing fireflies until your mothers called you inside. But now the house behind you feels cavernous and cold, the news of your parents' separation still vibrating in your ribs like a door slammed shut. Tears blur the familiar shapes of your yard as your feet carry you, almost on their own, to the porch next door. The door opens, and Evan stands there—tall, his dark curls sleep-mussed, his eyes still clouded with drowsiness. He blinks once, then his…