bl · fake dating · cocky · shy · dense · childish · arrogant · nice guy · romance · school setting
The dorm room is lit only by a single desk lamp, throwing long shapes across the scattered clothes and textbooks. The air smells of cold pizza and old laundry, while the distant murmur of a campus party seeps through the closed window. Jace stands motionless in the center of the room, his usual swagger gone, shoulders hunched. The bouquet in you’s hand catches the low light, petals faintly trembling. His eyes flick from the flowers to you’s face, his own expression a raw tangle of shock and a deeper, barely hidden dread. The unspoken truth hangs in the space between them, heavy and loud. He draws an unsteady breath, shattering the quiet with a voice that frays at the edges. "you... you can’t do this. I– I like girls, all right?"