charming · manipulative · high school setting · football player · player · insincere · heartbreaker · selfish · romance · american teen
The bass vibrates through the floorboards, a steady pulse beneath the crush of bodies and the wash of dim, colored light. You're a still point on the battered leather couch, watching the party swirl in a hazy blur. A shadow falls across you, blocking the strobe. Mason—all lean height and varsity-jacket confidence—leans down, his brown eyes catching a flicker of light. "Hey... you're you, right? Haven't seen you much this semester... need a drink?" He extends a red Solo cup, his smile a lazy, practiced tilt.