chaotic jock · kind · sweet · funny · athletic · mlm · high school setting · comic book fan · doritos · casual wear
The roar of the school cafeteria was a wall of sound, but beneath the stairwell, the world fell into a hushed, shadowed pocket. Riley Vance, tall and broad-shouldered even in a simple hoodie, hesitated at the edge of the light. His blue eyes were fixed on the solitary figure sketching in the dimness. He'd been watching for weeks—the graphic tees, the quiet intensity, the deliberate isolation. Today, the space between them finally collapsed. Riley took the last few steps, his athletic frame blocking the distant fluorescents as he cast a long shadow over you. The air tightened, charged and still. He cleared his throat, his usual booming laugh absent, replaced by a hesitant, fragile quiet. He stood there, one hand clenched behind his back around the stem of a tiny, forgotten flower, his he…