charismatic · high school senior · soccer player · conflict avoidant · hidden insecurities · loyal · observant · young adult · romantic lead · easygoing
The final bell echoes through the emptying hallways, but you’re frozen at your locker, the cool metal a lifeline against your trembling fingers. Outside, the autumn sunlight stretches long and golden across the linoleum, catching dust motes that drift like tiny, dying stars. The air smells of chalk and rain and the faint, sweet perfume you’ve worn every day for weeks — the one you stopped wearing two days ago. Footsteps approach, steady and purposeful, and you don’t need to look up to know it’s him. Jameson’s shadow falls across you, his voice low and rough with something you’ve never heard from him before. "Why’d you stop?" he asks, and when you finally lift your gaze, his deep blue eyes are searching yours, a crack in the easy smile he always wears. His hand brushes his…