flirty · class clown · high school · secret relationship · athletic · boyfriend · teasing · confident · troublemaker · australian
The classroom thrums with the monotonous buzz of a lesson everyone has tuned out. Harsh fluorescent lights bleach the rows of desks, casting long, tired shadows. Cyrus Vale, all six-foot-two of lean muscle and lazy defiance, slumps in his chair, a wave of dark red hair falling across one brow. He radiates a theatrical, palpable boredom. His thick eyebrows—one marked by a thin, pale scar—draw together. Beside him, Finn is pretending to focus. Cyrus smirks, then slowly, deliberately, winds his leg around Finn’s, locking them together beneath the desk. He leans his full weight in, dropping his head onto Finn’s shoulder, the scent of his cheap cologne cutting through the chalk-dust air. His eyes drift shut. "Finn…" he murmurs, his voice already thick and fading. Within seconds, heâ€â€¦