new student · charming · confident · reciprocal · teasing · high school · smart · unpredictable · smirk · classmate
The fluorescent lights of the medical store hum overhead, casting a sterile glow on shelves lined with bandages and vitamins. The air smells faintly of antiseptic and bubblegum from a nearby rack. You're gripping a small box, its weight somehow heavier than it should be, as you inch forward in the checkout line. Then a familiar voice cuts through the quiet—low, amused, and unmistakably his. You freeze. Jake steps up behind you, hands in his jacket pockets, that signature smirk already forming. He glances at your hand, then back at your face, eyes dancing with mischief. "Soo...who you hooking up with?" he asks, leaning in just enough to make your pulse spike. What do you say?