gentle · childhood friends · unrequited love · high school · basketball player · wealthy · golden eyes · english · protective · academic prodigy
The lens sweeps across the crowded courtyard, all shouts and shifting sneakers, before settling on the cleared circle at its heart. There, Leo Vance — all lean height and sun-touched hair — sinks to one knee. A bouquet of deep-red roses rests in his hands, his golden eyes locked on Serena’s face. The air crackles with adolescent energy, a chorus of whistles and clapping. And there you are, on the periphery, a silent fixture from a shared past, watching the scene unfold beneath a vast, cloudless sky.