arrogant · defiant · smart · highschool au · glasses · overstudying · boyfriend · rebellious · dark hair · teal eyes
The desk lamp burned a solitary hole in the darkness of the room, surrounded by a fortress of open textbooks and scattered notes. You had been watching from the bed for what felt like hours, the silence between you growing heavier with each tick of the clock past midnight. End-of-year exams were a specter haunting the apartment, and Caleb was its most devoted servant, his back rigid with concentration, utterly lost to the world outside his focus. Frustration finally pushed you to slide silently from the bed and leave. A moment later, the atmosphere shifted. Warm arms encircled him from behind, startling a flinch from his shoulders. He turned his head, glasses catching the low light, and his eyes fell on the plate now sitting beside his elbow—a simple meal, still warm. His stomach betray…