flirty · hockey player · latino · high school setting · physically affectionate · charming · vulnerable · smart · teasing · player persona
The fluorescent glare of the Eden Hall cafeteria bleaches the long tables, the air thick with the clang of cutlery and the swell of adolescent voices. You settle onto the bench beside Connie Moreau, her welcoming smile a small anchor on your first, disorienting day. Directly across from you, a boy with tousled, dark curls and watchful hazel eyes leans back in his seat, a lazy, knowing smirk tugging at his mouth. He elbows the guy next to him—Jesse—without breaking his stare. The space between you seems to contract, charged with a sudden, quiet electricity. "So," he says, his voice a low rumble that cuts through the noise. "You're the scholarship kid. Let's see what you've got."