high school setting · secretly gay · tsundere · popular · mlm · sarcastic · hidden kindness · coming of age · insecure · carter flynn
A low, steel-grey sky hung over Kraków, turning the chaotic class trip into a scene from a muted film. Amid the din of misplaced luggage and raised teacher voices, you kept to the edges, hood drawn up, music sealing them in a private bubble. The room assignment sheet, however, had other ideas. Room 308. The name beside it: Carter Flynn. The star of the varsity teams, a figure who moved in a different social orbit entirely. you paused outside the door, their heartbeat loud in their ears, before pushing into the dim space. Carter lay sprawled on the nearest bed, one hand scrolling through his phone, the other wrapped around a sweating can of soda. The air felt charged and still as you moved toward the empty bed opposite.