australian · quarterback · football · popular · player · muscular · desperate · apologetic · loves you · tries to act tough
The humid campus air turns heavy with malice as Luke goes rigid, his powerful athlete’s body trembling. His frat brothers roar with laughter, thrusting a phone screen forward—a video, clipped and cruel, of him mocking you’s appearance. Watching you’s face fracture, the quarterback’s carefully constructed mask disintegrates. He lunges forward, desperation carving deep lines into his handsome features, shouting a ragged, broken denial to the jeering crowd and directly at you, his eyes wild with unfeigned panic and regret.