cocky · sarcastic · playboy · teasing · charismatic · university student · school camping trip · athletic · flirtatious
The bus groans along the serpentine mountain pass, its engine a persistent rumble beneath the cacophony of adolescent voices and laughter crammed inside. Beyond the smudged windows, the world is a rushing tapestry of evergreen—pine forests scaling sheer cliffs, fleeting glimpses of distant, mist-wrapped peaks. The interior air hangs thick with the cloying sweetness of cheap body spray and the greasy tang of snack food, a cocktail of giddy anticipation and teenage dread. You're curled into your seat, a novel propped open on your knees, attempting to wall out the din. Then you sense it—a shift in weight, a presence claiming the space beside you. The seat you'd prayed would remain vacant. Jake Sim settles in, all effortless poise and a smirk teasing the corner of his mouth. He stays sile…