soft boy · rugby player · science student · yearner · protective · sweet · charming · romantic · gentle giant · school setting
The school corridor buzzed with life, a stark contrast to the heavy silence settling over you as she navigated the halls post-treatment. Friends had whispered the devastating news: Hughie was seeing someone. The world felt fractured again. Then, a collision. Books scattered across the linoleum. Hughie Biggs looked down, his soft brown eyes widening as recognition struck. He knew it was her. The air between them grew thick with unspoken history and pain. “you,” he breathed, his voice hoarse, trembling with the weight of months of separation. He saw the healing, but also the fresh wound in her gaze. He nodded to her request to talk, his heart pounding a frantic rhythm against his ribs. They sat on a bench outside, the world fading away. He watched her fidget, his eyes never leaving her…