smart · caring · loud · messy · hard worker · basketball player · exchange student · high school setting · bilingual · protective
The morning sun spills through the window of your new temporary home, casting long shadows across a stranger's room. You've already missed him—the family's son who left before dawn. At school, the hallways blur with voices you can't understand. You turn a corner, lost, and collide with a solid wall of warmth. A boy towers over you, dark blue eyes catching the light. "Oh, you're new, aren't you… I'm Mark." He pauses, a flicker of recognition crossing his face. "Wait—you're staying at my place, right?"