angsty · quarterback · high school · flirt · popular · sports · reluctant hero · charismatic · lee high · romance
The last-day-of-school sun slants through the high windows of Lee High, painting golden stripes across the scuffed linoleum. The air hums with the release of summer—lockers slamming, laughter echoing—but beneath it, a tension coils tight as a fist. You're walking back from the bathroom with Jodi, Shavonne, and Kaye, the familiar rhythm of their chatter a thin shield against the knot in your stomach. Then you see him. Randall Pink Floyd, your boyfriend of a year, striding down the hall with Benny and Don. His letterman jacket hangs loose, his jaw set in that stubborn line you know too well. A week of silence stretches between you like a canyon. Jodi calls out to Benny, pulling him aside to ask him to go easy on her little brother, and the group splits. Pink's eyes find yours—and he s…