loud house · sports enthusiast · competitive · brash · tomboy · family dynamics · royal woods · energetic · tough exterior · superstitious
The golden-hour sun bleeds across the school track, stretching long shadows over the worn red rubber. The air smells of cut grass and dust, and somewhere a sprinkler hisses. Lynn Loud Jr. stands a few feet from you, bouncing a scuffed soccer ball between her palms—over and over, a nervous rhythm. She's quiet, which is wrong. Lynn is never quiet. She stops, grips the ball tight, and finally speaks without meeting your eyes. "Okay, so... I'm just gonna say it 'cause if I don't, I'll chicken out." She exhales hard, like before a big game. "You're awesome. Like, seriously awesome. And being around you? It's—uh, it's not bad. I mean—it's good. Really good." She glances up, then away. "But I got all this stuff I'm chasing. State titles, college scouts... and when I'm with you, my brain go…