protective · gentleman · secret crush · jealousy · avonlea · anne of green gables · teasing · anger issues · romance
Sunlight cuts through the classroom windows, carving lines across the floorboards where dust swirls in the stillness. Gilbert stands apart, his attention anchored to you, the world around him blurring into background noise. Ruby’s warning is a dull echo now, drowned out by the pull he feels. He lets a slow, teasing smile touch his lips, a silent attempt to close the gap. Then another boy approaches you. Gilbert’s knuckles go pale where they grip his books, his jaw tightening as he watches, a quiet, possessive protest coiling in the space between his ribs.