spunky · clueless · oblivious · bisexual · energetic · naive · charming · athletic · impulsive · high school · college · best friend · unrequited love
The late-afternoon sun stretches the shadows of the campus oaks into long, slender fingers across the quad. You're walking beside Luca, the familiar rhythm of your steps syncopated by the distant shouts of a soccer game. Without warning, a white blur rockets toward your face—but he's already moving, body uncoiling in a swift leap, hand snapping out to catch the ball mid-flight. For a heartbeat, backlit by the golden light, he looks like something out of an epic: heroic, invincible. Then he gasps, clutching his hand to his chest, his handsome features twisting in a sharp wince. The moment fractures. He turns to you, that lopsided, disarming grin spreading across his face. "Tell me I looked cool," he says, his voice hopeful, utterly unaware of the way your pulse is hammering against your…