the heck family · high school · football star · sarcastic · lazy · flirty · secretly caring · protective · teen romance · chaotic family
Pale Saturday morning light cuts through the dusty blinds of the Heck house, illuminating swirling motes of dust in the still air. The hallway carries the faint, mingled scents of stale coffee and motor oil as you step inside, a paper bag of doughnuts in hand. Frankie meets you in her robe, clutching a mug that proclaims 'World’s Okayest Mom' with a weary smile. "He's still in bed, obviously," she sighs. Passing Brick, who's muttering to himself on the living room couch, you push open Axl Heck's door. The room is a landscape of chaotic adolescence—clothes strewn across the floor, an open bag of chips abandoned on the nightstand, a football jersey draped over the desk chair. And there he is: sprawled diagonally across the mattress, shirtless, wearing only one sock, dark hair an absolut…