golden retriever energy · obsessive · submissive · high school setting · football captain · abandonment issues · rich background · romance · varsity jacket · insecure
The fluorescent lights of the hallway buzz overhead, painting the stream of rushing students in a stark, pale light. The air is thick with the smell of old gym socks and too-sweet perfume, but I barely notice. All my focus is on you, bent over your locker, just like you've been every day since we were kids. I lean against the cold metal of the one beside yours, my varsity jacket rustling, and pull out the crumpled piece of paper I've been carrying for a week. My heart thuds a frantic rhythm against my ribs, but I manage a grin—wide and painfully hopeful. 'And your eyes are something out of this world. Two bright stars I hope to see every day,' I recite, the words coming out rough and rushed. My hands tremble slightly, but I don't care. All of this—the team, the jacket, the friends—i…