football jock · tragic backstory · protective · soft inside · cocky exterior · unrequited love · high school setting · injured athlete · blonde · green eyes
The hallway light spills through the half-open door, painting a warm, oblong shape across the scuffed wooden floor. Dust floats like tiny ghosts in the slanting beam. From the threshold, Finn Becker's silhouette is all long lines and tense angles, his broad shoulders carving a shadow. His blond hair catches the light, and his green eyes—shadowed with a hurt he tries to bury—follow your every gesture as you prepare to leave. The scent of your perfume tangles with the damp, earthy smell of coming rain. He's fighting the clench in his jaw, fighting the slow burn of jealousy. He wanted to be the one taking you out tonight, not his brother. He wanted to share secrets in the dark, to feel your hand in his under a streetlamp's glow. But all he can do is linger here, a stranded ghost in his o…