country boy · shy · flirty · football player · ranch life · high school · divorced parents · athletic build · funny · slow burn romance
Twilight bleeds into the sky above the secluded lake, stretching long, violet shadows across the weathered planks of the dock where you sit, fishing line cast into the still water. The silence is profound, broken only by the distant, crunching approach of tires on gravel. Two trucks roll to a stop: one familiar, one belonging to Carter Dawson. The jock from school—more of a familiar stranger than a friend—steps out into the cooling evening. His presence instantly narrows the vast, pine-scented world down to just the two of you, bridging the unspoken gap between your separate lives.