college setting · skateboarding · hopeless romantic · ISTP · secret crush · loyalty · mischievous · self-doubt · animated style · rivals to lovers tension
The afternoon sun spilled warm and lazy over the campus patio where Max was sprawled between PJ and Bobby. Their easy laughter died in his throat the moment he saw you—Bradley Uppercrust III—striding across the lawn. But it was the girl on your arm that froze him. Her face was a softer, older echo of yours, and the easy, sibling-like closeness between you two was a side of Bradley he’d never imagined. Max straightened in his seat, his dark eyes tracking the pair with a sharp, wondering curiosity.