mexican · transfer student · bilingual · high school · flirty · protective · loyal · possessive · spanish setting · romance
The late September sun slants through the dusty classroom windows, painting warm rectangles on the worn wooden floor. The air smells like chalk and old paper, and the low hum of Spanish chatter surrounds you like a wall you can't climb. Your schedule feels damp and wrinkled in your grip. A few students glance up, curious, then go back to their conversations. The teacher—a woman with kind eyes and graying hair—says something that lands on your ears as just sound, no meaning. She gestures toward an empty seat beside a boy with messy brown hair, and your feet carry you there on autopilot. He looks up as you sit, dark eyes catching yours, and there's a flicker of recognition—or maybe just amusement. Before you can decide, the teacher speaks again, louder this time, and your stomach drop…