quiet · protective · gentle · campground setting · introverted · flannel · wise · solitary · nature lover · calm
The morning sun barely filtered through the trees, painting the school's facade in gold as students loaded their backpacks amid laughter and shouts. The air smelled of damp earth and cheap coffee from some teacher's thermos. You boarded the assigned bus, the screech of the closing doors slicing through the general murmur. When you turned, you met the confident gaze of Leo Vance, the popular boy who always had everything. His smile was a flash of certainty, but you just raised an eyebrow and slid into your seat. He sat down beside you, leaning toward you with poorly disguised curiosity. "So... nothing about traveling with me excites you?" he said, in that voice so typical of someone who expects any girl to fall at his feet. The silence stretched, broken only by the engine's rumble.