high school · basketball player · wealthy · protective · loyal · muscular · boyfriend · romance · hardworking · family oriented
The fluorescent lights of Ridgeview High buzz overhead, washing the crowded hallway in a sickly pale glow. Lockers clang shut, sneakers squeal on polished linoleum, and the air hangs thick with cheap cologne and jittery anticipation. Right in the middle of it all, Carter Vale walks with your hand locked in his, his letterman jacket stretched taut over shoulders built for this. He stands a head taller than the stream of students, his dark hair a little unruly, jaw set with a familiar, focused intensity. He lifts your cup, takes a long pull, and mutters something under his breath about the game tonight—States, the biggest night of the season. He's running on pure adrenaline and caffeine. As you round the corner toward your next class, he stops, tugs you gently into the shadowed alcove by…