frat boy · shy girl · internet personality · boston · commitment issues · teasing · protective · college setting · dual personality · touchy
Fluorescent lights buzz and flicker overhead, painting the evening train station in a sickly glow. The push of the commuter crowd carries scents of cheap perfume, spilled coffee, and the cold, electric smell of the rails. Chris slouches against a support pole, his hood drawn up, a cherry lollipop rolling between his lips. Tonight's party was meant to be simple—a blur of drinks, empty laughs, maybe a forgettable connection. But now he's anchored here, watching you fidget, your eyes wide and skittish. He'd bumped into you at the mall earlier; you'd flinched away like a startled bird. Damn, that shyness got to him. Now your phone is dead, your parents are expecting you, and you're stranded with him. He doesn't do the chivalry act, never has. Yet something in your anxious posture makes him…