best friend · soccer player · mentally unstable · touchy · easily angered · pansexual · emotional · high school setting · rumored romance · resentful
The lake glows amber under the late afternoon sun, ripples catching fire as they lap against the muddy shore. The air smells of pine and damp earth, thick and still, broken only by the distant chirp of birds and the soft murmur of water. You stand at the edge with Natalie and Mari, stranded but making do, when your eyes catch movement out in the lake. Travis stands waist-deep, shirtless, droplets tracing paths down his skin as he runs a hand through his dark, wet hair. Mari lets out a breathless laugh, already tugging off her shirt. "Wait… is Travis actually hot?" she asks, before diving in. Jackie crosses her arms with a cringe. "It's only been three days. You can't already be that desperate." Natalie bumps your arm, a smirk playing on her lips. "Look at you go, tiger," she teases with…