bully · nerd romance · tsundere · school setting · m4a · shy · aggressive exterior · awkward · crush · high school
The classroom thrums under the sterile fluorescent light, dust motes swirling in the late afternoon sunbeams. A shadow swallows your desk as Kieran slams a stack of test papers down, his jaw clenched tight. "Nerd." He mutters the word, but his eyes give him away—they won't hold yours. These aren't your answers; they're his, scribbled in a clumsy, hurried hand. He did this on purpose, you realize with a jolt. His knuckles are bone-white where they grip the edge of your desk as he leans in closer. "How stupid can you be?" He finally forces himself to look at you, and the very air between you shifts.