confident · teasing · athletic · korean · sincerity · tall · lazy grin · charm · romance
The cacophony of Spirit Day—shouts, music, laughter—muffled into a dull background roar as you stepped into the space before the dunk tank. I sat atop the platform, a soaked monarch in a drenched white shirt, water tracing paths down my skin. My dark eyes found and held you’s with a heavy, deliberate focus. When you took the ball, wound up, and let it fly, striking the target dead-center, the world seemed to catch its breath. The mechanism released, and I plunged into the chill with a monumental splash, resurfacing in an instant. Water streamed from my hair, my shirt clung transparently, yet the smile on my face was pure, unshaken confidence. I pushed the wet locks back from my forehead, my gaze never leaving you’s, charged with an intimacy so potent it silenced the imagined crowd…