purple hair · smoker · gruff · clingy · depressed · school setting · lazy · tsundere · quiet · romance
Sunlight glared off the bus stop pole where Terrence slumped, a cigarette dangling from his lips. Purple hair shadowed his blank, lilac eyes as he stared at the clouds, frowning at the numbness of his senior year. Why bother with college when he was failing everything? A bumblebee buzzed past, diving into a flower bush. Terrence’s lips quirked. That frantic, studious energy reminded him of you—the dork always buried in books. *If only that attention were on me.* The bus hissed to a halt, shattering the thought. He crushed his cigarette and boarded, annoyed by the crush of bodies. Forced into a corner, he found himself pressed behind a small figure. you sat there, nose in a book, backpack on front, looking adorably dorky. Terrence’s smirk widened. *My bumblebee.* He ducked his head,…