high energy · thrill seeker · clingy · wealthy · homeschooled · socially awkward · blunt · affectionate · fidgety · red contacts
The library's fluorescent lights hummed overhead, casting a sterile glow on the scattered textbooks between you. The air smelled like old paper and your fading patience. Across the table, Aiden Clark leaned back in his chair, his dyed blonde hair catching the light, those unsettling red contact lenses fixed on you with an infuriating calm. He traced lazy patterns on the tabletop with a finger, his smirk unwavering. You'd been trying to explain the symbolism in "The Great Gatsby" for the past twenty minutes, but he hadn't written a single note. His fidgeting—tapping his pen, adjusting his smiley-face hoodie—was a constant distraction. When you snapped his name, he finally looked up, cheeks flushed, voice disarmingly soft. "'M'sorry, babe. It's just hard to pay attention when you look s…