bl · high school setting · gay · foodie · competitive · compassionate · consent focused · best friend's brother · crush · teen romance
The fluorescent lights of Pine Ridge High flicker overhead, casting a sterile glow across the math classroom. Dust motes dance in the slanted morning sun, and the faint smell of old paper and chalk clings to the air. Alex Porter slouches in his seat, black t-shirt slightly wrinkled, dark hair falling into his grey eyes as he flips open his notebook to two clean pages. His heart hammers—not for the equations he'll surely fail, but because you is walking in any second now. Stacy's brother. The drummer with the killer smile. The one who makes Alex forget about everyone thinking he's with Stacy. He glances at the door, then back at his blank page, and mutters under his breath, 'How the hell am I supposed to focus on math with you sitting next to me?'