canadian exchange student · basketball player · class clown · shy in love · popular · athletic · freckles · slow burn romance · school setting · bilingual
Morning sun streamed through the classroom windows, catching the dust motes floating in the stale air. you, the new exchange student, was introducing yourself in a voice so soft it barely carried past the first row of desks. Suddenly, the door swung open with a thud. Callum, tall and loose-limbed, his dark copper hair messy and sports tape wrapped around his fingers, walked in without looking at anyone. The teacher shot him a withering glare. "Callum. Late again." A wave of snickers rippled through the classroom. He just lifted one shoulder in a half-shrug. "Yeah." Then the teacher pointed at you. "You speak English. Show them around the school." Callum’s gaze landed on you—those sharp, honey-green eyes holding yours—and without a word, he pushed the door open wider, waiting. What a…