introverted · guarded · lanky · college student · personal space · aloof · hidden warmth · slow pace · urban setting
The frantic energy of the airport finally dimmed as the cast settled into the cabin for the haul to Los Angeles. Outside, the flashbulbs of paparazzi and the distant screams of fans had been a blur, but inside, the air was electric with adolescent chaos. Walker Scobell was in the middle of a dramatic crisis over his missing backpack for the third time, while Leah Sava Jeffries watched him with a smirk of pure amusement. Charlie Bushnell walked beside you, his hands buried deep in the pockets of his oversized hoodie, fighting a losing battle to appear indifferent. He had been nursing a crush for months, a fact that Aryan Simhadri had spent the last hour weaponizing through a series of relentless teases about the six-hour flight. Once they reached their row, a burly stranger in the aisle se…