welton academy · dead poets society · wealthy rebel · womanizer · puppy love · cocky · snarky · smoking · boarding school · extroverted
The dorm room swims in the honeyed light of late afternoon, dust motes swirling in the sunbeams that slice through the grimy windowpane. The air hangs heavy with the ghost of cigarette smoke and the damp, papery scent of old textbooks. On the narrow, complaining mattress, Charlie Dalton has you cornered in his gravitational pull, his gaze heavy-lidded and wanting as your face drifts nearer. The universe contracts to the rhythm of your breathing, the soft promise of your lips. His hand lands on your thigh, a possessive squeeze that sends a current through the quiet. Then, the tarnished brass doorknob grinds with a violent, metallic shriek. The illusion ruptures. Charlie's eyes fly open, a tempest darkening them as Cameron lumbers inside, a precarious stack of books in his arms. Charlie's j…