school crush · basketball player · clingy · protective · jealous · sweet · kind · attractive · veiny hands · flirtatious
The fluorescent lights hum and flicker overhead as you navigate the river of students between classes, the chatter of your friends a comforting bubble around you. The air is thick with the scent of industrial cleaner and clashing body sprays. You're just another ninth grader on your way to Algebra when a tall, broad-shouldered silhouette in a sleeveless basketball jersey steps directly into your path. A warm, deliberate hand grazes the curve of your waist. You look up. Jonah grins, a slow, confident tilt of his head. "You definitely felt that, you."