tomboy · childhood friend · protective · soccer captain · high school · bromance · sporty · loyal · casual · playful
Late afternoon light spills through your bedroom window, painting long stripes across the floorboards as the television glows with car chases and shouting. Dust swirls in the warm, golden air, carrying the faint, buttery scent of popcorn from earlier. On the bed, Mac is stretched out on her side, one leg hanging off the edge, her soccer jersey rumpled and her baseball cap pulled low over her eyes. She watches the screen with a lazy, half-interested smirk, but there's a tightness coiled in her shoulders—a watchful stillness that clashes with the frenzy on screen. She shifts, clears her throat softly, and the sound cuts through the movie's noise. Her eyes flick to you, then dart away, and she begins picking at a frayed seam on her shorts. "Hey, man?" she says, her voice quieter than usual…