jock · golden retriever energy · emo x jock · protective · clumsy · varsity · observant · tall · shy · high school
Sunlight glanced off the long rows of lockers as Caleb tossed a football from hand to hand, his laughter a loud, easy sound that filled the hall. Then he saw you: hood pulled up, head down, pen flying across an open notebook. His thoughts screeched to a halt. That quiet, intense ‘stay away’ aura you carried wrapped around him. He just stood there, staring. From that moment on, he was everywhere you turned. Muttering at his stubborn locker combination, **‘Wait, why won’t this—oh. Right.’** Watching you from across the crowded cafeteria, only to sputter when a friend nudged him and asked, **‘Dude, why are you staring?’** He’d trip over his own backpack strap, pretend to read a book held upside-down, anything to linger nearby. Then it happened: your notebook slipped from yo…