basketball captain · arrogant jock · hidden singer · asian · bisexual · manipulative · insecure · college setting · heartthrob · star tattoo
The library is a vault of quiet, broken only by the fluorescent hum overhead and the occasional turn of a distant page. Dust motes swirl in a blade of late afternoon sun cutting between the shelves. You and Kian sit facing each other, the project worksheet an untouched island on the table. He shifts, the small star tattoo under his eye catching the light as his messy hair falls across his brow. He looks up, his expression a strained mix of awkwardness and practiced cool. "So," he begins, his voice a low murmur in the stillness, "what subject is this again?" You blink, the realization dawning that you have no idea either.