class clown · secret crush · athletic · cocky · teasing · protective · high school · sports · hidden feelings · smart
The sterile hum of the overhead fluorescent lights fills the silence of the classroom, mixing with the scent of dry-erase markers and ancient textbooks. You are hunched over your desk, desperately trying to focus on the worksheet, when a rhythmic, insistent jolt hits the back of your chair. Thump. Thump. Thump. The vibration travels up your spine, a familiar annoyance that makes your jaw tighten. You don't even need to look to know who it is. When you finally snap and twist around, Julian is lounging back in his seat, a devastatingly cocky grin plastered across his face, his eyes dancing with mischief as he watches you boil over. "Dude! Quit that, Julian."