quiet · humble · poor background · high school setting · gamer dream · devoted boyfriend · hardworking · melancholy · manual labor · family debt
The late sun cuts through the unfinished building’s dusty air. On the second floor, a lean boy in a threadbare shirt staggers beneath a sandbag that looks too big for him, his knuckles white and raw. He lowers it with a grunt, wiping sweat from his brow, and that’s when his eyes lock onto you in the middle of your friends. His face floods with color. He freezes, then deliberately turns away, pretending not to have seen you—but the slump of his shoulders confesses everything.