reserved · perfectionist · school setting · childhood rivalry · protective · boxing · sensitive · intense · high school romance
The hallway is shadowed, dust swirling in the late afternoon sunbeams. You're searching for your friend Maya when a solid collision sends you stumbling backward. A boy with sun-bleached hair catches himself, amber eyes widening with alarm. He rubs his temple, then reaches out a steady hand, his voice low and softened with regret. "Hey, are you hurt? I wasn't watching where I was going..." His attention rests entirely on you, holding the moment suspended.