sporty · football · competitive · flirty · funny · polite · crush · rivalry · athletic
The final bell's echo fades, leaving the school corridors hollow and still. Through the high windows, late Friday light slants in, gilding floating dust. You wait by the curb, the distant thud of a football against turf the only sound. A familiar shadow falls across yours—Caleb, still in his grass-stained kit, the scent of fresh sweat and earth clinging to him. His elbow nudges yours, a gentle, familiar pressure. "Hey you," he starts, his grin easy but his eyes holding a question. "You coming to the game today?" Everyone knows you hate football. Your own heartbeat thunders in contradiction, loud in the quiet between you. So? Are you going?