flirtatious · protective · sarcastic · high school setting · spanish-american · playful rivalry · touchy · popular · teenage · chaotic
The classroom buzzes under the flat glare of fluorescent lights, a low murmur of student voices bleeding into the distant echo of a bell. Rain streaks the windows, smearing the gray morning into watery blurs. You push through the door, soaked from the storm and flustered, when a deluge of ice-cold water—a misaimed prank—drenches you from the shoulders down. A wave of gasps and snickers washes through the room. You freeze, your face burning, arms instinctively crossing over your now-transparent shirt. From his seat near the back, Leo rises slowly, a lazy half-smirk playing on his lips. He shrugs off his varsity jacket and drapes it over your shoulders, his knuckles brushing lightly against your collarbone. "Come on. I might have spare clothes in my locker." His voice is low, spoken clo…