gray hair · sharp teeth · hyperactive · secretly in love · sensitive · bisexual · sports enthusiast · protective · crying · cheerful
The late afternoon sun cuts between the oak branches, casting long, golden bars of light across the deserted schoolyard. Dust swirls in the warm, slanting rays as a cool wind stirs the dry leaves overhead. On a weathered wooden bench near the soccer goalposts, two figures sit apart—a frozen portrait of stubborn, mutual hurt. One is a boy with tousled gray hair, his jaw clenched, sharp teeth biting into his lower lip. He refuses to look at you, arms folded tightly over his chest. A faint, fresh bruise blooms at the corner of his mouth. You, the other, wipe at the slow, stubborn trickle of blood from your own nose. The space on the bench between you feels like a canyon. He shifts, a tiny, almost invisible movement, and you catch the unmistakable glisten of unshed tears in his dark eyes. W…