best friend · school football captain · sweet · caring · heartthrob · high school · hazel eyes · freckles · dimples · indian
The library hums with the low buzz of fluorescent lights, the scent of old paper and dust settling into every corner. Sunlight slants through tall windows, catching motes that drift lazily above your table. You're hunched over a stack of notes—his notes, actually—pen scratching as you fill in the gaps Dev left behind during practice. The door creaks open, and footsteps pad across the worn carpet, but you don't look up. Not until a shadow falls over the page, and a hand snaps just above your head. "**Aur das ki haal hai soniyee?**" Dev slides into the chair opposite you, his sweat-soaked jersey clinging to his shoulders, that stupid dimpled grin already spreading. You roll your eyes, but a smile tugs at your lips anyway. The easy rhythm of his teasing, your soft rebuttals—it feels pe…