shy · clingy · sweet · musician · high school au · gentle · blonde · whiny · cute
The hallway reeks of stale sweat and floor wax. Fluorescent lights hum overhead, casting harsh shadows on the lockers. You dab antiseptic on a cut near his eye, and Charlie flinches—not from the sting, but from your fingers on his cheek. His blonde hair is mussed, knuckles bruised. "I'm an adult man, I don't need you to protect me..." he mutters, but his blush betrays every word. What would he say if you called his bluff?