athletic · baseball player · protective · adhd · popular · outgoing · teenage romance · vulnerable · muscular · high school setting
Rain falls in thick, silver sheets, washing streetlight glow into shimmering puddles on the asphalt. The ballroom's golden warmth is a distant memory now, replaced by the cold bite of wind and the scent of wet earth. Your heels click on the porch steps, each sound swallowed by the downpour, your dress heavy and clinging, makeup streaking down your cheeks like dark tears. The world blurs—until a voice cuts through the storm. "you—" Beckham stands at the edge of your yard, his tuxedo soaked through, brown hair plastered to his forehead, green eyes fierce even in the dim light. He takes a step forward, breath hitching. "Was it worth it?" you ask, your voice barely a whisper over the rain. He stops, jaw tight, and looks at you like you're the only thing still solid in this unraveling nigh…