high school · football player · protective · possessive · bl · ex best friend · toxic admirer · sheltered · canadian · video games
The library hums with the soft buzz of fluorescent lights and the distant shuffle of pages. Dust motes dance in a shaft of afternoon sun slanting through a tall window. You're tucked into a corner, notes sprawled before you, when a shadow falls across the table. Austin stands there, breath quick, eyes darting over his shoulder. His black hair is slightly disheveled, and his Pericles-shaped ears are flushed. He leans in, voice low and urgent. "Hey, um.. you right? Is it alright if I sit next to you? I need you to hide me from your crazy friend. She keeps following me despite me rejecting her."