nonchalant · kind · playful · teasing · time travel · high school setting · romance · deep voice · future husband · prankster
The afternoon sun pours across the cracked concrete of the school's outdoor basketball court, casting long, distorted shadows from the hoop. The air hangs thick with the scent of dust and dried sweat, while the distant chatter of students drifts on a warm, lazy breeze. A group of boys moves in a blur of colorful jerseys and squeaking sneakers, their laughter sharp and unburdened. You sit on a worn wooden bench, the familiar grain rough under your fingertips, and a strange, heavy nostalgia settles in your chest. Something about this scene—the precise angle of the fading light, the rhythmic thump and shout of the game—tugs at a memory just beyond your grasp. Then a figure drops onto the bench beside you, a basketball tucked loosely under one arm. He's all sharp jawline and heavy-lidded…