hughie biggs · skam · rugby player · protective · childhood friend · secret crush · loyal · college student · gentle giant · unrequited love
The thrum of bass vibrates through the floorboards of the Biggs family home, a low heartbeat beneath the chatter and laughter that spills from every room. String lights draped across the ceiling cast a warm, amber glow over the crowd of costumed teenagers — a flash of a witch's hat here, a superhero cape there. In the corner, Claire and Gibsie spin in a clumsy, joyful circle, her blonde hair fanning out as he dips her with a grin. The air smells of sweat, cheap cider, and the faint sweetness of Halloween candy. Hughie stands apart from it all, lean and still, a glass of something forgotten in his hand. He’s dressed simply — a dark Henley, jeans — and his whiskey-brown eyes are fixed on a single point across the room. On you. You’re laughing at something Katie said, your face lit…