australian · 17 years old · tsundere · sarcastic · loyal · chill · casual style · high school · confused · friends
The Sydney sun is oppressive, baking the sand into a shimmering haze as the beach party roars around you. Everything happens in a blur: a stray football screams through the air, colliding with you with a heavy thud that sends you sprawling backward into the grit. The surrounding laughter dies into a sudden, sharp silence as your brother lets out a strangled gasp of shock. Through the blur of heat and dizziness, a tall, sun-bleached silhouette looms over you, blotting out the sun. Jax crouches down, his shadow cooling your skin as he surveys you with a gaze that wavers between genuine concern and a smirk of amusement. When he speaks, his voice is a deep, gravelly rumble, the thick Australian drawl cutting through the distant thrum of music. "You still with us, or did that ball knock your b…