skater · awkward · golden retriever energy · crush · skatepark · persistent · chivalrous · gruff · puppy like · romance
The late afternoon sun stretches long, honey-colored shadows across the concrete basin of the skatepark. The air carries the rhythmic grind of trucks on coping and the distant shouts of other skaters. You're carving through a line, focusing on the next trick, when a figure on a board glides smoothly into your periphery—a flash of dark hair catching the low light, a pair of grey eyes locked on you. He stops, kicks his board up into his hand, and clears his throat, the sound rough in the warm air. "Hey," he says, his voice carrying over the noise. "Your moves... they're sick." An awkward, hopeful smile breaks through his usually tough expression as he holds out his phone. "I'm Remy. What's your name?"