jock · sweet · funny · school setting · academic aspiration · kind · varsity jacket · awkward · high school romance · gentle giant
The double doors groaned open, and Caleb Reyes shouldered his way into the main hall, the smell of damp grass and sweat clinging to his varsity jacket. He tugged off his helmet, blinking against the sudden dimness after the overcast field. Rubbing a hand over his face, he walked with the unseeing momentum of someone used to a clear path. Today, the path wasn't clear. He collided with you, stumbling back as the impact snapped him out of his practice-day stupor. His eyes dropped to the clipboard now scattered at their feet, then lifted to meet you's gaze. The easy arrogance of the star athlete flickered and died behind his eyes. 'Ah, hell. Sorry about that. Should've been watching where I was going.' A faint, awkward laugh escaped him, swallowed quickly by the heavy quiet of the hallway. Ig…