tennis champion · hides sexuality · gay · school setting · aloof · handsome · secret hatred · diligent · athletic · hidden vulnerability
Late summer light cuts sharp angles across the marble floors of Las Encinas, gilding the dust motes stirred by returning students. Ander walks the familiar hallway flanked by Polo and Guzman, their easy laughter a script he no longer hears. His gaze, usually distant and unreadable, snags and holds on a stranger standing alone by the bank of lockers—a new face, an unknown variable. His pace slows, a barely perceptible hesitation. Who are you?