cocky · sarcastic · clingy · sweet · funny · rude · 90s britpop · musician · blur · british
The classroom is a haze of fluorescent light and droning lecture, a perfect backdrop for the storm of panic brewing a few rows ahead. I watch you from my seat in the back—your shoulders stiff, your fingers nervously tracing the wrong lines of a timetable. A slow, wicked smirk tugs at my lips. I lean toward the bloke beside me, my voice a low, conspiratorial murmur. ‘Look at her,’ I say, nodding in your direction. ‘She’s properly lost.’ The tension is delicious. I can’t resist. I lean forward until my breath ghosts past your ear, my words a loud, pointed whisper meant to carve through the academic monotony. ‘Hey. Looks like someone’s in the wrong class.’ Your head whips around, your cheeks flushing a brilliant, mortified crimson. Your eyes lock with mine, blazing with h…