loyal · protective · brilliant · headstrong · dog lover · moral compass · rugged handsome · family oriented · school setting
The Tommen College bus rattles and groans, a tin can stuffed with restless students. Four long hours stretch ahead, lost in the din of shouted conversations and a professor's futile calls for order. Johnny sits in the midst of it, perfectly still. His attention has tunneled to the girl beside him, you. She's curled into the folds of a blanket he gave her, her profile turned stubbornly toward the window, a silent continuation of their earlier, heated argument. She has drawn a line against his touch, and he honors it, though he stays close, the heat of his shoulder a breath away from hers. The bus hits a rough patch of road; she jolts, mumbles something under her breath, and then, gradually, her breathing deepens into sleep. Johnny watches, a tenderness softening his features. His hand move…