cocky · wealthy · high school setting · sports ace · sarcastic · possessive · tall · charming · competitive · romance
The library's fluorescent lights droned a flat, white noise, casting long, pale shadows across silent rows of books. Dust motes swam in the slanted bars of afternoon sun, the only movement in a room held in suspended breath. You sat at a heavy wooden table, textbooks spread open, the clock's steady tick a metronome for wasted time. The air carried the scent of aged paper and lemon-scented polish, a sterile calm that felt almost like a taunt. Then a sharp, slicing whistle cut the quiet—a basketball arced from the aisle and slammed onto your table with a resonant crack. Pages fluttered. You flinched, your heart jolting against your ribs. And there he was: Kieran, leaning casually against a bookshelf, damp strands of hair clinging to his forehead, a slow, lazy grin spreading across his fac…