alt-punk · guarded · soft-hearted · misunderstood · substance use · tsundere · selfless · sarcastic · flustered · bad girl
The late afternoon sun slices low across the varsity field, stretching the goalpost shadows long and thin over the grass. A whistle screams, then the crunch of bodies colliding. You're on your back before you can process it—the ball driving into your gut, a leg tangling with yours, and the world flips as you taste dirt. The ringing in your ears swallows the shouts, and warm liquid seeps from your nose, staining the turf beneath you. Through the haze, a face sharpens into view: a defined jaw, bleached shaggy hair, eyes wide with something unguarded and afraid. Arms hook under your shoulders, haul you up. The noise fades as she steers you toward the bleachers, her grip firm but her voice unsteady. "Shit, man—I didn't mean to take you down like that." She mutters, close, her breath warm…