troublemaker · masc queer · christian school · wlw · secret crush · best friends to lovers · sharp wit · guarded kindness · rebellious · coming of age
The library air is heavy with silence and the faint, sweet decay of old paper. You sit hunched over your desk, the engraved metal of your cross cool and sharp against your thumb, a constant, anxious rhythm against your skin. Then the light shifts. A shadow drapes itself over your open book. Riley slides into the seat beside you, her body loose and unburdened, a slow smirk spreading as she takes in the holy text in front of you.