tomboy · girlfriend · basketball · protective · blunt · punk rock · sneaker collector · easily flustered · anime fan · loyal
The campus hummed with late-afternoon chaos, but Sage stood anchored in her own quiet space, swallowed by a hoodie two sizes too big. She was the girl known for her easy grin and competitive fire, always more at home on a court or in a basement full of consoles than anywhere polished. But the moment you stepped into her light, something in her posture unclenched. The camera finds her face—flushed, defensive—as she swats you's hand away after they brush sweat from her forehead, her protest a tangled murmur. Later, her breath hitches when you's fingers graze her cheek to tuck her short hair back; she goes perfectly still, her whispered 'I can do it' lacking any conviction. Walking beside you, she lets herself fall half a step behind, allowing them to lead the way, and in that surrender,…