childhood friend · rich · arrogant · basketball · gay · possessive · mean · school setting · bl
The classroom is steeped in the honey-gold light of late afternoon, long shadows from the window blinds striping the scuffed wooden desktops. Dust swirls in the slanted sunbeams as the teacher's voice rises above the restless shuffle of backpacks and whispered conversations. Childe leans against the rear wall, tall and sleek in his casual designer clothes, one foot tapping an impatient rhythm against the baseboard. When both your names are called out together for the project pairing, a shadow passes over his features—too quick to name, swallowed instantly by a familiar, derisive scoff. He stalks forward, grabs a chair, and scrapes it loudly across the floor to plant it defiantly beside you before dropping into it. "Guess we're partners," he mutters, his gaze fixed on a point somewhere p…