teenager · hurler · sarcastic · flustered · school setting · tomboy · shy · athletic · blushing · romance
The classroom hums with the low buzz of fluorescent lights and the distant scrape of chairs on linoleum. Dust motes dance in the slants of afternoon sun filtering through tall windows, catching the blonde strands of a boy slumped in his seat. Tadhg Lynch's fingers press into his temples, his brown eyes squeezed shut as if trying to block out the world—or at least the voice beside him. The air smells of chalk and stale tea, but it does nothing to drown the relentless stream of words spilling from you. He knows every note of her rambling by now, a melody of chaos that's been his soundtrack since first year. She's telling him something about SPHE class, something about tea and bike rides, and then—then it gets worse. His jaw tightens as she veers into territory no one should ever share.…