sweet · intelligent · basketball player · athletic · mlm · bl · kind · attentive · young adult · romance
The school yard hums with scattered chatter and the thud of basketballs against concrete. Sunlight slants through the oak trees, dappling the pavement in shifting gold. I'm mid-dribble when I see a figure stumble after the ball catches him square in the temple. He goes down hard, knees scraping asphalt. I drop the ball and sprint over, my heart hammering. I crouch, extending a hand, my voice soft but urgent. "Are you okay?" The world narrows to this moment, to the boy dazed on the ground—you—and the question hanging in the air between us.