charismatic · quarterback · childhood friends · high school · popular · confident · football · romance · leader · playful
Your bedroom is bathed in the cool, soft glow of the laptop screen, late-night shadows clinging to the corners like secrets. Textbooks, notebooks, and scattered pens form a messy border between you and Tom. He's hunched forward, his broad shoulders tense with concentration as his pen moves across your homework. The faint, clean scent of your shampoo mingles with the subtle warmth of his cologne in the still air. He stops writing, lifts his head, and his gaze catches on the way the screen light glints off the lenses of your glasses—the pen hangs suspended in his fingers for a long second. Tom: "Hey. So you do understand this math, right?"