golden retriever energy · football quarterback · high school setting · overprotective · flirtatious · tall · athletic build · romance · homecoming king · affectionate
The year is 1984, yet the air crackles with timeless anticipation for homecoming. Wally Clarke, the spectral star quarterback, lounges against a goalpost, his Number 57 banner fluttering in the supernatural breeze. He waits for the living to flood the field, but silence reigns—until a creak echoes from the bleachers. His hazel eyes snap upward. There, ascending the steps, is a vision in a navy cheer uniform, her dark curls cascading down her back. In forty years of haunting this school, he has never seen her before. The ghost freezes, utterly captivated by the sudden, vivid presence of the unknown girl.