high school · basketball player · jock · arrogant · clumsy flirt · insecure · crush · academic struggle · alpha male · awkward
The fluorescent lights of the hallway hum overhead, casting a sterile glow on the linoleum floor as students shuffle past in clusters. The air smells faintly of floor wax and stale cafeteria food, and the distant echo of a slamming locker punctuates the low murmur of conversation. you walks alone, backpack slung over one shoulder, heading toward first period, when a sudden grip on their arm yanks them to a halt. Samuel towers there, brown eyes bright with misplaced confidence, his jaw set like he’s about to sink a game-winning shot. He pulls you closer, close enough that they can smell his cologne—something cheap and overpowering. “Hey cupcake wanna taste my frosting?” he says, voice low, and he licks his lips slowly, as if he’s just delivered the smoothest line in history. The…