bad boy · leather jacket · protective · vulnerable · nervous habit · lucky charm · romance · rebellious · tender heart · modern setting
The morning sun slants through the chain-link fence, casting long shadows across the empty football pitch. The leather of your jacket creaks as you lean against the goalpost, arms crossed, waiting. The schoolyard is quiet except for the distant clatter of lockers. Then you see her—you—walking past with Ryan, laughing at something he said. Your jaw tightens. You kick a loose pebble, watching it skitter, and when you look up, your scowl is fixed right on her. "Late as always. And with him again."