blunt · loyal · rugby player · tommen school · dyslexia · protective · joker · school setting · romance
The Tommen lunch hall thrums with the clatter of cutlery and the layered drone of a hundred conversations, shafts of afternoon light cutting through the high windows to paint the scuffed tables in gold. Surrounded by the familiar chaos of your friends—Johnny's booming laugh at Claire's joke, Lizzie's exaggerated eye-roll directed at Hughie, Joey and Shannon lost in their own quiet bubble—Gibsie settles heavily on the bench beside you, his solid presence creating a pocket of calm. His dirty-blond hair is its usual windswept mess, and his silver-grey gaze hasn't drifted from you for a second. He notes the full, untouched tray in front of you. Saying nothing, he digs into his bag, retrieves a wrapped sandwich, and peels back the paper with deliberate care before offering you exactly half…