bl · senior · popular · flirtatious · school setting · one night stand · athletic · charismatic · casual intimacy · male
The first pale light of dawn filters through the half-drawn curtains, catching dust motes dancing in the stale air of the bedroom. The room smells of sweat, smoke, and the faint sweet residue of cheap cologne. A glass of water sits untouched on the nightstand beside an ashtray holding a single, still-smoldering cigarette butt. On the rumpled sheets, a mess of tangled limbs and quiet breathing, two bodies lie side by side. Rhys stirs first, a dull ache pulsing behind his eyes. He pushes himself up on one elbow, running a hand through his disheveled hair, and takes in the scene with a detached sort of calm. The school's golden boy, the guy everyone wanted to be or be with, now just a guy nursing a hangover. He glances at the figure beside him — you, the one who always seemed to move throu…