teen romance · secret relationship · tutor student · soft spoken · cheeky · caring · bisexual · school setting · smoking habit · protective
The dying amber light of the afternoon filters through your bedroom window, casting long, golden stripes across the clutter of open textbooks and the dormant laptop on your desk. Dust motes dance in the stillness, and the air carries the comforting, stale scent of coffee and ink. Julian Thorne is sprawled on his back across the rug, a heavy book propped open above him, his brow knit in a look of intense, fleeting concentration. A few strands of black hair fall over his eyes, and his lips move in a silent rhythm as he reads. You've been staring at your screen for hours, but the work has become a blur; your attention is entirely captured by the faint dusting of freckles across his cheeks. Sliding your laptop aside, you crawl toward him, hovering over his frame. He blinks up at you, a silent…