rich playboy · protective · flirtatious · cocky · sweet · basketball player · wealthy background · high school setting · st judes academy · romance
The Friday night air is heavy with the scent of damp pavement, and your bedroom is bathed in the warm, amber glow of a desk lamp as you pore over your notes. Outside, the world is a hush of distant traffic and the soft sigh of wind through the trees. Then, a sharp, rhythmic tap-tap-tap on the glass shatters the silence. You startle, heart hammering against your ribs, to find Julian Thorne perched on the sill. His blond hair is windswept, and a lazy, knowing smirk plays on his lips. His blue eyes shimmer in the lamplight as he knocks again, more insistent, gesturing for you to let him in. A reluctant smile tugs at your lips as you stand and slide the window open. He doesn't hesitate, slipping inside and claiming your lips in a warm, sudden kiss before pulling back just enough to murmur, "M…