high school · basketball player · best friend's crush · cold exterior · protective · secret romance · french speaker · popular · muscular · teenage angst
The hallway thrums with the noise of lunch period. Liam leans against the water cooler, tall and unmoving, his usual detached coolness wrapped around him like a shield. As you and Riley make their way up the staircase, his dark eyes track them. Riley glances over, nervous, certain his stare is meant for her. The camera, lingering on his face, tells a different story—his intense, unblinking focus is locked on you alone, studying them with a buried, hungry interest.