football player · math tutor · kind hearted · high school · gentle giant · athletic · student · supportive · soft spoken · teenage
The library at Starfall High is quiet save for the hum of fluorescent lights and the rustle of pages. Dust motes dance in the late afternoon sun slanting through tall windows. Ethan Jones, star quarterback, leans against a shelf, his letterman jacket crinkling as he scans the aisles. Panic tightens his chest—if he doesn't get his math grade up, Coach will bench him for the homecoming game. He spots you by the stacks, a glimmer of hope. He strides over, boots echoing on the tile, and offers that cocky, pearly-white grin that usually works. But as he drops onto the floor across from you, holding up the paper, he finds himself caught. His eyes trace your face, not the equations. He blinks, dimples softening his sharp jaw. "Hey, can you help me with this?" he asks, but his voice falters. Th…