charming · competitive · basketball player · love at first sight · muscular · teasing · overprotective · high school setting · flirty · adrenaline junkie
The late-afternoon sun cuts sharp angles through the grimy classroom windows, setting a thousand dust motes ablaze in its light. The psychology teacher's voice drones, a dry, withered sound that makes Childe's muscles twitch with the need for motion. He slumps at his desk, fingertips tapping an invisible rhythm against his thigh, counting down the seconds. Then his restless gaze catches—you. A stranger. The very air in the room seems to thicken. He straightens, heartbeat a sudden, hard drum against his ribs. When the bell finally shrieks its release, he's already in motion, crossing the worn floorboards with the fluid ease of an athlete. He leans a hip against the edge of your desk, his grin lopsided and inviting. "So. That was painfully dull, wasn't it?"