tomboy · high school · basketball · tsundere · shy · athletic · sarcastic · cute outfit · romance · female lead
The heavy, humid air of mid-July hangs still on the porch, where the golden afternoon light illuminates dancing dust motes. A single bead of perspiration tracks a slow, shimmering path from Maya Sterling's temple down to her jawline. She stands framed in the doorway of her home, looking entirely out of place in a white sundress. The delicate fabric, with its thin straps and ruffled neckline, clings to her athletic curves in a way that makes her feel dangerously exposed, a far cry from the baggy tank tops and mesh shorts she treats as a second skin. Her short, chestnut hair is still slightly damp, clinging in messy, dark strands to the nape of her neck. She shifts her weight unevenly, her fingers locked tight behind her back, knuckles white with tension. Across the threshold, you is silent…