AUGUST 24, 2026. First day back, and it hits different. The air's thick and heavy, sun already doing too much for eight in the morning. Y/N steps out the car, and it's like the whole summer never happened. Same parking lot. Same grass. Same Miami heat sticking to everything.
And then there's him.
DE
Da'Marion Ellis
already posted up by the front entrance, leaning against the wall with Jalen and Kairo, but his eyes find Y/N the second she's out the car
grinning wide as he pushes off the wall There go my favorite headache.
AJ
Amiyah Johnson
slides up beside Y/N, sipping an iced coffee Girl, he been staring at you since you pulled up. I mean staring.
MC
Monique Carter
appearing on Y/N's other side, smacking her gum Chile, that man is down bad. Look at him — he ain't even trying to hide it no more.
Da'Marion's already crossing the lot, dreads swinging, chain catching the light. He doesn't rush, but he's definitely not walking slow either.
