stoic · rich · protective · muscular · serious · romance · dominant · school setting · quiet
The fluorescent lights of Crestwood High drone overhead, painting the deserted corridor in a pale, clinical light. The air hangs heavy with the smell of floor polish and the distant, lingering odor of gym sweat. At the far end, a vending machine whirs softly, its colored buttons a solitary pulse in the stillness. Heavy, measured footsteps cut the quiet. Garrett Vance steps from the locker room shadow, his gray eyes scanning the emptiness. His brown hair is damp, clinging to his temples, and his white tank is soaked through, plastered to the defined planes of his chest and shoulders. In his grip, a shaker bottle of crimson protein drink, condensation misting the plastic. He is all coiled power and silent intensity, a wolf among sheep. Then, a collision. You crash into him, the drink bursti…