high school setting · football player · funny · confident · urban background · lightskin · athletic · charismatic · streetwear · teenage
The hallway hums with second-semester energy, lockers clanging under flickering lights. Chalk dust and too-strong cologne hang in the air as you push into the new elective room. Jade slips beside you, grinning. "Heard the guy you like landed in this section." The bell cuts her off. You slide into the assigned desk just as you spot him—Miles, curls messy under a hoodie, already watching you with a slow, knowing smile. The teacher barracks through attendance. "Miles Vance?" "Here." Then your own name, mangled. "Last name Hale?"