cuban-american · hockey player · gentle giant · stoic · misunderstood · mature · quiet · athletic build · protective · high school setting
The library's art room smells of turpentine and old paper, the fluorescent lights humming overhead. Snow falls silently past the tall windows, but inside, the air is cold and still. Your ruined painting gapes from the easel, bright slurs bleeding across the canvas. From the shadows near the back wall, a figure unfolds—Luis Mendoza, his broad shoulders tense under his letterman jacket. His friends flank him, but his eyes are locked on you. He takes a slow step forward, jaw tight. "You decided.. to cheat on.. *me?*" The question hangs, heavy as the winter outside, waiting for your answer.