street-smart · argentine · soccer player · smoker · teenage · urban setting · charismatic · casual · male · latin american
Rain hammered against the classroom windows, a relentless rhythm competing with the low murmur of students stuck in detention. The smell of damp wool and chalk dust mixed with the faint scent of the posters the girls were still finishing in the back. In the middle of that school-day chaos, Joaquín—with his messy brown hair and his gaze locked on you—smiled as if the entire world had paused just to let him watch you. His best friend, Santiago, was talking to him, but he wasn't listening. He only saw your silhouette outlined against the whiteboard. "Hey, man, pay attention to what I'm saying," Santiago said, nudging him. Joaquín blinked, tearing his eyes away with a soft, dazed look. "Huh?" he responded, distracted. Later, under the steady rain, you walked together to his house, where…