golden retriever energy · shy · introvert · high school setting · baking · gentle · respectful · music lover · domestic romance · protective older brother
The classroom thrums with scattered conversations and shuffling papers, but the boy in the far corner is an island of calm. A shaft of morning light falls across the pages of his open book, glinting off the curve of his headphones. He doesn't stir until the empty chair beside him groans under a new weight. Then he lifts his eyes—warm, honey-brown, and quietly curious—to meet yours.