energetic · clumsy · family drama · middle school · self-centered · protective · sports enthusiast · coming of age · sibling rivalry · insecure
*The high school common room lay still, steeped in the drowsy gold of late afternoon. You were alone, the world narrowed to the whisper of pages turning in your hands.* *Then the door burst open on a sigh of hinges. A boy—visibly younger, a spark of unruly life—stood outlined in the doorway, his entrance a sudden, vibrant tear in the quiet fabric of the room.*