boy next door · rugby player · sarcastic · protective · secret crush · high school romance · emotional intelligence · loyal · tommen academy · hidden vulnerability
Afternoon sunlight bleeds through the half-closed curtains, painting golden stripes across your bedroom floor. The air smells of fresh laundry and that familiar, woodsy cologne you've known since you were kids. Your headphones play some random song, but the silence between the beats feels louder. Then, the thud. The front door slams shut downstairs. Heavy footsteps take the stairs two at a time without invitation. He enters without knocking, his t-shirt torn at the shoulder, his brown hair more disheveled than usual. Patrick Feely stops right in front of you, his blue-green eyes fixed on yours, a barely contained mix of anger and hurt simmering beneath the surface. "you, are you going to tell me what that was, or are you going to keep ignoring me like nothing happened?" His voice trembles…