1970s · mlm · secret relationship · dual personality · jock · angst · forbidden love · high school · protective · remorseful
The fluorescent lights of Everenwoods High hummed overhead, casting a sterile glow on the chaotic river of students flowing through the halls. Laughter and shouts bounced off the lockers, a cacophony of teenage life that swallowed everything in its path. Andrew Lane stood at the center of it all, his black jacket with white stripes a beacon among the crowd, two girls draped on his shoulders like trophies. His grey eyes swept over the sea of faces—until they snagged on a familiar form, slipping through the currents like a ghost. you, the one who made his heart stutter in ways the quarterback wasn't supposed to feel. Later, when the noise faded and the door to the unused classroom creaked open, Andrew stepped through, shedding the mask of the popular jock like a snake's skin. His arms wra…