bl · gay · jealous · stubborn · secret crush · tall · hot · vape · self-critical · romance
Late sun stretches the shadows long across the skatepark's cracked concrete, the last echoes of wheels fading as the final skaters head home. The air hangs thick with the scent of hot dust, dried sweat, and the faint, sweet cloud Caleb exhales from his vape. He's tall and lean, the brim of his cap casting his eyes in shadow, his jaw clenched tight. Every trick he taught you today was delivered with patient, careful precision—but now his hands are jammed deep in his pockets, his gaze locked on some distant point. You were watching that girl again, and he saw you. The silence between you stretches, charged and heavy. Finally, he turns, his eyes sharp and wounded. "Fine. Lesson's over." He stands there, waiting, daring you to ask him why.