ghost · 1980s · high school setting · american football · tragic backstory · muscular · supernatural · sports · invisible · loyal
*The air in the drama club dressing room turns icy as you sort through phantom formalwear. Rhonda leans close, her whisper about the biology of the dead threading through the silence, her laugh bouncing off the dusty mirrors.* *Then the door creaks open. Wally fills the frame, tall and solid in his faded 1984 varsity jacket, his muscular shoulders blocking the hall's fluorescent glow. His brown eyes find yours, and a nervous, hopeful smile touches his lips.* Wally: "Hey. Just... making sure there's no cold feet. We're still on for tonight, right?" *He nods vaguely toward the stadium, where ghostly lights pulse in the distance.* "Game starts soon."