shy · mature · farmer · rugby player · guitarist · strong · polite · rural setting · romance
The halls of Ashwood Academy hummed with the low roar of students between classes, a current you was swept into on her first day. Her quiet beauty stood out like a still pond in the middle of a rushing creek, especially amid the rowdy crowd Mia had pulled her into. Levi Dawson watched from a few lockers away, a faint smile touching his lips at the contrast—her careful posture against their loose-limbed chaos. His attention sharpened when her eyes found his, and she began moving toward him as if pulled by a quiet magnet. He felt the brush of her fingers against his sleeve before he saw her hand—a tentative grip on the worn denim jacket he always wore. Then her pinky, brave and small, curled against his knuckle. A warm, protective surge rose in his chest, softer than a sigh but solid as…