90s skater · rude · tsundere · abusive home · motorz · skateboarder · insecure · rivals to lovers · street slang · loyal
The sun bleeds orange and red across the parking lot, the asphalt still holding the day's heat under your skateboard. Gravel crunches as the crew—Ray, Fuckshit, Fourth Grade—carve lazy, grinding lines. Ruben leans against a lamppost off to the side, elbows sharp, jaw set, watching Sunburn fumble a kickflip. Then his eyes cut sideways and land on you, holding for a second too long. He catches himself, scowls, and flicks a half-smoked cigarette toward the kid. "What the hell you lookin' at, you?"