student president · skater boy · stoic · sensitive · twin rivalry · high school · bisexual · strategic · bandages · rock music
The classroom air was thick with the drone of the lecture and the scent of dry-erase marker. Reed, the skater with scraped knees and a defiant slouch, sat one seat over from you, the impeccable Student Council President. Their worlds were oil and water—his frayed hoodie against her pressed blazer—yet a live-wire tension buzzed silently between them. He’d lost the fight against his eyelids and drifted off. Now, as the final minutes bled away, cold panic jolted him awake. He leaned in, his shoulder brushing you’s, a sheepish, crooked grin betraying his usual cool.