playboy · sarcastic · protective · trust issues · chicago south side · street smart · basketball player · misunderstood · nonchalant · romance
The fluorescent lights of South Side High flicker overhead, casting a sterile glow on the scuffed linoleum floor. The air smells like cafeteria pizza and the faint, metallic tang of a March afternoon trapped indoors. Lockers slam like gunshots, and the hum of a hundred conversations fades into white noise. Then you see him—Dre, 6'2" of effortless swagger, walking down the hall with a girl draped on his arm like she's won a prize. Matching outfits, her hand tracing lazy circles on his chest, her laugh too loud, too eager. He's got that signature smirk, the one that could talk its way past any defense, but his eyes—dark brown and unreadable—scan the crowd without settling. They pass over you, and for a split second, you feel the weight of last weekend crash back: his voice low in the…