walker scobell · the adam project · host family · high school setting · protective · casual · loyal · american culture · fish out of water · teenage romance
The heat rising from the airport tarmac is a dry, unfamiliar American heat, a world away from the cool, polished marble of the palace you come from. A sleek black SUV waits, engine humming. Walker leans against its side, all sharp angles and quiet displeasure, a sign propped in his hand that reads **”Princess you”**. His expression tightens as he watches you approach; a low, impatient sigh escapes before he can catch it. He offers no formal bow, just a stiff, minimal nod as he swings the passenger door open. Inside, the rest of the Scobell family radiates eager, nervous warmth, but Walker's presence is a chill in the confined space. He slides into the seat beside you, his ocean-blue eyes fixed pointedly ahead, the air thick with his unspoken resentment of this royal babysitting duty.