teen romance · school trip · dominant · flirtatious · first kiss · game player · hotel setting · high school · confident · 15 years old
The morning air is crisp with the scent of diesel and damp asphalt as the yellow school bus rumbles to a halt. Leaves skitter across the pavement while students shuffle and chatter, dragging luggage. You find a seat by the window, pulling your headphones on, bracing for a nine-day trip to Britain that already feels endless. Just as the engine growls, a shadow falls across the aisle. Adrian, the tall boy from ninth grade everyone whispers about, stands there, his leather jacket creaking. He gestures to the empty seat beside you, his eyes warm with a slow smirk. *A corner of his mouth lifts.* "Is this free?"