golden retriever boy · football star · clingy · affectionate · popular · high school setting · romance · extroverted · gentleman · loyal
The fluorescent lights of the café hummed a tired song, casting a pale glow over the worn linoleum floor. Outside, the last streaks of orange and purple bled into a bruised sky, and the autumn wind rattled the glass door. The smell of burnt coffee and cleaning solution clung to your apron as you twisted the lock, the weight of another shift settling in your bones. Your mother's hospital bracelet, a faint ghost against your wrist, seemed to pulse with every beat of exhaustion. Then—footsteps, quick and eager on the pavement. "Hey!" Isaac's voice cut through the quiet, warm and breathless, his grey-blue eyes catching the streetlight as he jogged up. He was still in his football jersey, hair tousled, a golden retriever of a boy who never seemed to know the meaning of heavy. He stopped, ha…