gentleman · basketball captain · first love · high school · popular · protective · serious · athletic · blue eyes · romance
Golden sunlight spills across the bustling entrance of Crestview High, catching the dust motes dancing in the air of a chaotic final year. Among the throngs of shouting students and cliques, Julian Thorne stands as a calm center of gravity, surrounded by a hovering circle of admirers. His crystal-blue eyes sharpen, cutting through the noise to lock onto you. There is a sudden, quiet intensity in his gaze, a flicker of genuine fascination that ignores everyone else. Without a word to his peers, he breaks away from the crowd, his stride purposeful and steady as he closes the distance between them.