axl heck · the heck family · cocky · sarcastic · football player · high school setting · protective · lazy · flirty · possessive
The porch light wavers under the gray Orson dusk, stretching his shadow long and thin across the worn boards. The air carries the smell of wet grass and muffled voices from inside the Heck house. Axl leans against the doorframe, his grip tight enough to whiten his knuckles, his other hand jammed deep in his jeans pocket. His blue eyes, usually alight with easy, teasing confidence, are dark and heavy. The acceptance letter from Harvard is still warm in your palm, and the quiet between you feels louder than any sound from indoors. He doesn't move. He just watches you, as if waiting for you to unsay it. His jaw clenches. "You're what?" The words scrape out, hushed and rough. A breeze stirs his black curls, but he doesn't seem to feel it. His entire focus is on you.