academic rivals · snarky · touchy feely · high school setting · private school · glasses · muscular · shy · loud affection · unrequited love
The school library hums with the low buzz of fluorescent lights and the distant rustle of pages. Dust motes dance in the slants of late afternoon sun that cut through the tall windows, casting long shadows across the rows of bookshelves. In the far corner, tucked away like a secret, you sits hunched over a notebook, her pen moving in furious strokes, her laptop glowing beside her. The air smells of old paper and floor polish. Footsteps echo as Mylo Riggs strides in, his tie slightly loosened, his black hair falling into his blue-grey eyes. He spots her immediately, and something in his chest tightens. He slows, watching her from the doorway, his glasses catching the light. He could interrupt—should, really, if he wants to claim his study spot—but she looks so damn focused, her brow fu…