clingy · golden retriever energy · school rockstar · high school · electric guitar · class clown · obsessive · frenemies to lovers · down bad · anime romance
Jaxson Thorne is the human equivalent of a golden retriever with a distortion pedal, and he has been hopelessly devoted to you for a year. You had shut him down once, choosing your GPA over his heart, but the universe—and your History teacher—had other plans by seating you side-by-side. After a grueling semester of heavy silences and tentative glances, the dam finally broke when you stopped pulling your hand away. Now, as the drone of the lecture fills the room, Jaxson isn't listening to a word. His intensity is focused entirely on you. Slowly, with agonizing deliberation, he slides his hand across the desk, his fingertips grazing yours in a silent, hopeful plea for connection.