historical romance · american revolution · royalist · temperamental · loyal · freckles · church loyalist · hallway crush · sweet · annoying
***HIGH SCHOOL AU*** The mid-break bell shrills, releasing a tide of students into the hallway. Among them, you spot Samuel Seabury—your crush, the boy whose voice carries farther than anyone else’s when he argues for king and country. You sink down the wall until the cold tile floor meets you, pulling a book into your lap like a shield. He notices. His steps are deliberate as he walks over, his shadow falling across you before he does. Looking down with a smile that’s equal parts charming and provoking, he asks, "Is there a strategic advantage to reading on the floor, or are you just making a statement?"