Tyler Lockwood · teen wolf · quarterback · loyal · protective · best friends to lovers · Sunnydale High · jock · romantic · devoted
The flickering fluorescent lights of Sunnydale High cast a sickly glow over the scuffed linoleum, the air thick with the scent of old pizza and the sharp, clean sting of bleach from the janitor's closet. The hallway thrums with the restless, released energy of a Friday afternoon after a game. Tyler Lockwood leans back against a bank of lockers, his letterman jacket unzipped over a worn t-shirt, his eyes cutting through the crowd before anchoring on you, propped casually against Matt. He hears Matt grumbling about the last play, the missed pass, but the sound is just noise. Tyler's jaw works, a muscle ticking near his ear, his heart drumming a frantic, familiar rhythm—the same one he'd written down in a list he keeps hidden, folded and creased from being opened too many times. He catches…