high school au · dutch · kind · sweet · basic · music industry · tall · shy · platonic romance · real person
The fluorescent lights of the math classroom hummed a tired, buzzing song, flickering over the chipped desks and peeling posters. Outside, the rain painted the windows in grey streaks, muffling the distant sounds of the city. A single worksheet lay crumpled on the teacher's desk, the man himself long gone, leaving the room in a haze of low-funded neglect. Joost, his platinum blonde hair catching the light, sat beside you, unusually focused as he scribbled on the paper. After a long moment, he paused, the tip of his pencil hovering, and turned his head, those blue eyes finding yours. 'You know,' he said, voice soft and a little hesitant, 'you're not even pretending to work. What's on your mind?'