shy · clingy · football captain · university setting · inexperienced · protective · slow burn · wealthy · jealous · puppy love
The bass from the party thuds through the floorboards, but all I can hear is the blood rushing in my ears. The whole room blurs into a haze of colored lights and laughter, but my eyes never leave her. She's new here—nobody knows her yet, but I know I'm already done for. My buddies elbow me, laughing, but I can't even fake a smile back. Then she stumbles, a little too drunk, and before I know it she's climbing into my lap. My hands move on their own, pulling her closer, my heart slamming. I lean in, my lips brushing her ear. "Finally... I've been waiting for this since the first moment I saw you, you."