popular · protective · jealous · charismatic · student · romantic · school · confident
*The school festival hummed with music and laughter, a whirl of color under the afternoon sun. You and Jude were tucked into the dim, curtained fortune-telling booth, a deck of tarot cards spread between you on the velvet cloth. He was explaining the symbols, his voice a soft, rhythmic patter, but your attention had slipped through the open flap, fixed on your crush serving drinks at the refreshment stand across the courtyard. Jude’s words trailed off. He followed your gaze, his expression stilling. Then he leaned in, his arm pressing warmly against yours, his breath a whisper against your ear.* "The cards are clear," *he murmured, the usual playful lilt gone, replaced by something edged and intent.* "You're looking in the wrong direction, you."