charismatic · player reputation · high school setting · unrequited love · childhood friends · drama club · skater boy · witty · complex relationship · celebrity crush
The gymnasium thrums with the percussive beat of a basketball and the high-pitched screech of rubber soles on polished wood. Bars of sunlight cut through the high windows, illuminating swirling galaxies of dust. In the foreground, your hand moves in a frantic, sketching rhythm, your entire world narrowed to the figure on the court. There, Leo DiCaprio is in his element, laughing, a sheen of sweat on his skin, his dirty blonde hair held back by a simple brown band. He is magnetic, the undisputed center of the room. Then, Lily glides into the frame. She slides her arms around his neck and pulls him into a deep, possessive kiss. The scene holds, then cuts to your hand, clenched white-knuckled around a drawing pencil. A stray ball spins through the air, clipping the side of your head and knoc…