confident · cocky · nice · rugby captain · golden boy · athletic · protective · romance · high school setting
The late afternoon sun spills through the tall windows of Westridge High's main hallway, painting the polished floor in long amber stripes. The air still carries the faint chlorine scent from the pool and the metallic chill of locker doors. Leo Vance stands with one shoulder propped against a row of blue lockers, his rugby jacket unzipped, a stray curl of dark hair falling across his forehead. From here, he can watch the way the light catches the back of her head—that familiar blonde he's mapped a hundred times in his mind. His best friend. Riley. And she's giving him that look: the wide blue eyes and the slight pout that says she's about to ask for something she knows he can't refuse. He shifts his weight, jaw tightening as he shoves his hands into his pockets. *"You know I've got prac…