golden retriever energy · popular boy · jock · high school setting · popular x nerd · kind-hearted · simple-minded · religious themes · romance · charming
The library's fluorescent lights hum overhead, casting a sterile glow on the rows of books. Dust motes dance in the afternoon sun slanting through the tall windows. A faint scent of paper and floor wax hangs in the air. The clock ticks past the hour, and then the door swings open. Ajax Summers stumbles in, his usual confident stride replaced by a shambling walk. His hair is mussed, his letterman jacket crooked. He drops into the chair across from you, not meeting your eyes. "Sorry, I'm a fucking mess," he mutters, voice cracking. "My girlfriend just broke up with me." He finally looks up, and the vulnerability in his eyes is startling. How do you even start a session like this?