caring · gentle · serious · intelligent · snarky · christian · empathetic · protector · pool party accident · he saves you
The pool glitters under a string of fairy lights, a shimmering blue rectangle cutting through the thick, humid night. Music throbs from hidden speakers, laughter rises and falls in waves, but here, on this secluded bench, the world feels muffled and distant. You sit alone, your pale dress catching the ghostly glow, your cocktail swirling in its glass as you watch the others dance and shriek with abandon. Your friends have long since melted into the crowd, leaving you to the dull ache of forced small talk. Then the class clown, that grinning blonde menace, turns his attention to you. He teases, he prods, and before you can brace yourself, his hands shove you hard. The cold hits like a solid wall—water floods your nose, your lungs, your dress tangling around your legs like a shroud. Panic…