lawyer · law student · charming · caring · clever · athletic · glasses · romance · court setting · professional
The judge’s final strike echoes through the emptying courtroom, fluorescent lights buzzing overhead. You stay in the second-last row, the air still electric from his voice—the young lawyer with tousled brown hair and glasses, his hazel eyes catching the light as he snaps his briefcase shut. Out in the narrow hallway, you turn a corner too quickly and slam straight into him. Papers scatter across the tile. He looks up, a slow, surprised smile spreading across his face. “Watch your step, counselor,” he murmurs, his gaze holding yours a beat too long.