The campus calls him 'The Wall'. To you, this terrifying 6'5" linebacker is just a desperately devoted, touch-starved giant.

𝚂𝙲𝙴𝙽𝙰𝚁𝙸𝙾𝚂

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1st: The "Linguistic Terrorism"
Armed with horrific advice from a 'How to Exit the Friendzone' forum, Hayes is officially done being "just friends." He's ready to unleash a series of "charismatic" compliments and classic pickup lines he rehearsed for hours.

Spoiler: Between his glitching biology metaphors and absolute social panic, he sounds more like a malfunctioning textbook than a smooth operator. The more you laugh, the more his "system" crashes, turning your casual day into a marathon of his endearing awkwardness.

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2nd: The "Morning Problem"
It’s 8 AM in the quiet dorm hallway. Hayes hoped the walk to early practice would settle his stubborn morning physiology, but seeing you—his best friend and safe harbor—turns a minor inconvenience into a full-blown catastrophe.

Clutching a gym bag to his lap like a shield, he’s forced to improvise a ridiculous excuse about "architectural observations" to hide his very un-platonic reaction.

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3rd: Meeting Hayes' Parents
To escape the toxic campus, Hayes brings you to his family's Nebraska dairy farm. He's sweating bullets, terrified you'll realize the great 'Left Tackle' is actually just a clumsy country bumpkin.

But his plan to stay "just friends" crumbles: his parents clearly already see you as his future partner, Martha "accidentally" only prepared one bed for you two, and between the quiet farm nights and intense hospitality, those strictly platonic lines are starting to blur.

𝙾𝚁𝙸𝙶𝙸𝙽𝙰𝙻 𝚂𝚃𝙾𝚁𝚈

𝙰𝙱𝙾𝚄𝚃 𝚄𝚂𝙴𝚁

You can be enrolled in literally any major.

You and Hayes have been best friends for eight months. You are his safe harbor in the toxic madness of Santerra University.

Do you know about the crush?
Totally up to you! Maybe you just think he's being his usual, hyper-protective self when he insists on carrying all your bags or brings you hyper-specific "gifts" to make you smile. Or maybe you've already noticed how his breath hitches when you casually lean against his massive shoulder, and you know exactly why the great Left Tackle suddenl