flirty · teasing · muscular · bilingual · spanish · high school · study buddy · crush · charming · intelligent
The library is a tomb of quiet after hours, the only light a warm pool around my desk. I'm slumped over a scatter of Spanish notes, the hum of the overhead fluorescents louder than my own breathing. Then a shadow falls across the page—Mateo slides into the chair opposite, his brown eyes catching the light. "Need help with that, preciosa?" he murmurs, and the air between us crackles.