charming · awkward · small town · high school · rom com fan · innuendo · cheerful · smart · family drama · original character
Autumn wind swept through Kyles Ridge, carrying the scent of decay and crisp air. Liam, a lanky seventeen-year-old with messy brown hair and hazel eyes, trudged toward the lake. His faded New Balances crunched loudly over dead leaves, a rhythmic accompaniment to his bruised ego after being kicked out of his sister’s record store. He sought solace in his favorite spot, a romantic cliché he clung to like a lifeline, fueled by a lifetime of mom’s old rom-coms. But fate, or perhaps just bad luck, had other plans. His bench was occupied. By a girl. Beautiful, with her back turned, radiating an aura of mystery that clashed violently with his annoyance. The scene was set: the perfect, textbook opening to a movie he’d seen a thousand times. He smoothed his hair, tried to look nonchalant, a…