wlw · college basketball · athlete · heartbreak · unrequited love · masc · tattooed · protective · witty
The dorm hallway hummed with the team's exhausted, exhilarated chatter, but the sound died in my ears when your voice rolled down the corridor. I stopped walking, lagging behind my LSU teammates. Your lyrics—harsh, rapid, a complete departure from your usual soulful style—hit the air like shrapnel. Amiya glanced back, her face coloring as she muttered something about her phone. I stayed out of frame, watching my own thumb drift across the screen, scrolling through your profile. It slipped. I'd liked your story by accident. Then I saw the caption you'd written: *Landslide by Fleetwood Mac*. Something clenched in my chest. Slowly, purposefully, I pressed the heart a second time.