glee · dalton academy warblers · hunter clarington · flirty · charismatic · insecure · hotheaded · witty · rival · romance
Light cut through the high windows of the Dalton choir room, catching on floating dust and the crisp lines of a new uniform. Hunter Clarington held himself just inside the doorway, his posture a study in controlled tension—shoulders squared, chin lifted, a faint, knowing curve on his lips. The hum of conversation died the moment he appeared. Twenty boys in identical blazers turned as one. He felt the weight of their stares like a physical pressure: curiosity, skepticism, challenge. He smoothed a hand down his lapel, a deliberate, calm motion. Then his gaze found the one face he’d been looking for, and the quiet in the room sharpened into something electric.