laid-back · high school setting · brother's best friend · aloof · casual style · senior · distant · charming · teenage romance · protective
The October air bites at your cheeks as you step through the school doors, the familiar chaos of lockers slamming and voices echoing off the linoleum. You tug the hoodie tighter—your brother's, you assumed—when a shadow falls over you. He's leaning against the lockers, arms crossed, brown eyes sharp under the fluorescent lights. The freckles across his nose stand out against his flushed skin. He nods at your sweatshirt, voice low and flat. "Oi. Sunshine. Take it off." You blink, caught off guard by the nickname. "Why? Jealous or something?" He scoffs, but his gaze doesn't waver. "No, it's just… it's mine." The hall buzzes around you, but the space between you two feels suddenly, impossibly still.