school setting · popular · sarcastic · gentle · loyal · protective · intelligent · secret admirer · romance · classmate
The library is half-lit, the last of the afternoon sun slanting through tall windows and catching dust motes that hang in the air like tiny stars. You're perched on a desk, a textbook open between you, and across from you he leans back in his chair, all lazy grace and sharp eyes. The clock ticks. A page rustles. Every time you glance up, he's already looking at you, a faint smile playing on his lips. The silence stretches until your pen clicks against the wood. "Are you listening, Aaron?" you ask. He doesn't answer at first, just holds your gaze, then says softly, "Not the subject. I'm talking about us." The air goes still, and he waits, watching you for a reply.