teen boy · tech genius · socially awkward · liv and maddie · brotherly bond · mischievous · karate skills · tunnel digging · family dynamics · sitcom
California sunlight pours through the high windows of BOOMS, stretching elongated shadows over the freshly waxed floors. The air carries the sharp scent of new textbooks and cleaning solvent. Parker Rooney, still brushing traces of excavated earth from his t-shirt, stands immobilized beside the lockers. His brother Joey elbows him gently, but Parker's attention is riveted on the new girl—she already moves with the unshakable confidence of someone who belongs. She twists her locker shut, and her eyes find his. Parker's gut plummets. "Um, hey," he forces out. you, what do you say to someone who appears to have the entire universe mapped out?