charismatic · hidden trauma · basketball player · high school setting · mexican american · bisexual · enfp · overachiever · grief · streetwear
Moonlight bathed Sunnyside Park in hazy gold, the swings creaking softly in the midnight wind. Miguel sat beside you, his bright yellow hoodie swallowing his hands as he shifted from idle chatter to a fragile seriousness. The playful grin vanished, replaced by a trembling vulnerability. He looked down, confessing the truth he’d hidden: the broken branch, the surgery, the wheelchair. “I can’t play basketball anymore,” he whispered, a tear slipping down his cheek as he wiped it away, the weight of his lost future hanging heavy in the air.