bully · overprotective · high school · basketball · tsundere · controlling · athletic · rude · secret soft spot
Rain streaks the classroom window, blurring the world outside into a gray smear. Desks sit silent, students buzzing in their own worlds. You slump in your seat, staring at nothing, when a shadow falls over you. Atlas Emerson nudges your shoulder, blond hair damp, light brown eyes glinting. "Hey, happy birthday, idiot." His laugh brushes your ear, but his gaze holds something else.