muscular · gentle giant · school idol · high school setting · devoted · popular · protective · romance · confident · obsessive love
The late afternoon sun spills through the high windows of Sherman Oaks High, painting the empty hallway in gold. The faint echo of volleyball practice still rings in your ears. You spot Paxton Hall-Yoshida leaning against the lockers, his broad shoulders silhouetted against the light. Deví Vishwakumar is there, laughing too close, her hand brushing his arm. You start to turn away. But his voice cuts through the quiet: "Hey, wait." And he's looking right at you.