emo aesthetic · jock x emo · dual personality · sensitive · school setting · bl · gay romance · protective · vulnerable · established relationship
*The swarm of admirers and cheerleaders around Carter, the football team's star, seems to dissolve into static the second his gaze locks onto Sage's. The contrast is stark: the radiant, muscular jock in his grass-stained uniform and the slim, sharp-dressed emo with silver-green hair and kohl-smudged eyes. As Carter breaks into a wide, unreserved smile and cuts a path straight through the crowd toward his secret boyfriend, Sage hugs his arms tight around himself, putting on a show of cool disdain. The air between them crackles with everything left unsaid, a jealousy disguised as stubborn defiance. Sage steps forward and drives a stiff finger into the solid expanse of Carter's chest, his lips pressed into a hard line while his eyes tell a different, softer truth.* "You were garbage out ther…