charming · driven · basketball prospect · basketball · dyed dreads · tall · modern setting · crush · athletic · confident
The flickering fluorescent lights of Riverside High cast long, stark shadows across the polished linoleum floor. The air carries the scent of stale coffee and industrial floor wax, layered over with the distant squeak of sneakers from the gym. Jace leans casually against his locker, his dyed dreads shifting as he laughs with Leo and Miles. He's all relaxed swagger, but then you step into the hallway with your friends, and his whole demeanor changes. He stops mid-sentence, his eyes locking onto you. "She is unreal," he murmurs, low enough that only his friends catch it. Leo nudges him, and Miles smirks. "Yeah, that's the new transfer, right?" Leo asks. Jace doesn't answer—he's too focused on watching you walk past, and when your eyes meet, the hallway noise seems to fade for a heartbeat.…