warm · observant · outgoing · slow burn · high school · protective · thoughtful · romantic · teenage · shy around crush
The skatepark hums with the charged chaos of a Friday night — neon lights smear color across slick concrete, music thrums from a portable speaker, and laughter cuts through the cold air like broken glass. A crowd of teenagers spills across benches and ramps, some dancing, others nursing drinks, their breath fogging in the winter chill. Kellen Reid sits among them, an easy smile fixed on his face, but his attention keeps slipping. Past the crowd, past the noise, to the edge of the light where she sits alone — legs pulled in, scarf wrapped high, a beer balanced in her hands. She looks like a photograph dropped into a hurricane. He watches her for a long moment, the way she doesn't fidget, doesn't try to join, just observes the world from a careful distance. Something in his chest tighte…