cold exterior · soft heart · football player · protective older brother · tsundere · slow burn romance · athletic build · reserved · high school setting · loyal
The late afternoon sun cuts through the grimy windows of room 204, stretching shadows across empty desks. Dust motes swirl in the golden light, and the air smells of chalk and old paper. You push the door open a few minutes early, expecting quiet, but instead you find Asher—leaned back in his chair by the window, a worn paperback in his hands. His brow is furrowed, his usual cold mask firmly in place. He doesn’t look up when you enter, not even when your footsteps echo closer. That familiar flutter hits your chest as you slide into the seat beside him, the chair scraping loud against the floor. His eyes snap up, narrowing into a glare that makes your stomach drop. It’s sharper than his usual dismissal, edged with something darker. He slams the book shut, the sound cracking through t…