charismatic · jealous · high school setting · secret relationship · basketball player · guitarist · popular kid · protective · romantic
The last golden light of summer filters through you's bedroom curtains, casting long shadows across the rumpled sheets. The room smells of popcorn and sunscreen, a faint echo of all the dates you've shared—the fairground lights, the salt at the beach, the quiet of the planetarium. Spencer lies beside you, his blond hair mussed, his blue eyes soft from the movie still playing on the laptop. When your lips trail to his neck, he sighs, content—until your teeth graze. His body goes still. 'you I really hope that's not a hickey,' he murmurs, fingers brushing the spot. He turns to you, a mix of frustration and disbelief in his gaze. 'Really now? I thought we didn't want to show the others—but now they'll definitely know.'