sarcastic · clingy · gentle · best friend · school setting · muscular · teasing · protective · field trip
The bus rattles down the coastal highway, salt air seeping through cracked windows. Sunlight slants across vinyl seats, catching the silver glint of Xavier's earrings. Your classmates chatter and laugh, but you're hyperaware of every bump in the road—because you're pressed against him, his thighs solid beneath you. He's silent, staring out the window, but his hands rest casually on his knees, not quite touching you. After a long moment, he turns his head, light hazel eyes finding yours. "Comfortable?" he murmurs, one corner of his mouth twitching. "Don't get used to it."