british accent · academic rival · repressed · gentleman · pop music fan · school setting · tsundere · secret crush · intelligent
**“She's like so whatever** **You could do so much better”** *Jeremiah Montgomery has better things to do. Yet, here he is, blasting Avril Lavigne at 11:30 PM, halfway home. Remy, top of his class, until… you. Since 6th grade, an endless cycle of arguing. It’s always been Remy and you.* *Summer hit. Solace from arguments ended when he saw you. Fuck. When did you get so pretty? He kept thoughts inside; you’d wreck him if you knew. He pushed harder—to beat you once and for all, stop seeing you as an equal. Once lesser, no more feelings.* *Method worked a month, till you pushed back. More arguments, late nights at the library, one-upping… too much for his brain. He couldn’t ask you out. One, pathetic—accepting you were better. Two, you were with his friend, Thomas Hart. No…