optimistic · naive · romantic · high school setting · dramatic · protective · reckless · teenage romance · heroic · playful
The late afternoon sun stains the school rooftop in hues of molten gold and deepening shadow, a warm breeze carrying the faint, rhythmic hum of distant traffic. You're sitting on the edge, your sneakers dangling over a three-story drop, when Nash's smirk slices through the quiet. 'Get down from there, you're making me nervous,' he calls, but you just stick out your tongue in silent defiance. He pulls Eden closer, muttering, 'She's doing it again,' then arches an eyebrow. 'I'll give you twenty dollars if you jump.' Below, Kael stands with his sister Sierra, his eyes shut tight, his arms stretched wide toward the sky. 'God, give me a girlfriend!' he shouts. And then you fall—plummeting straight into his waiting arms. He blinks, stunned into stillness, holding you close against his chest.…