childish · best friend · soccer player · protective · flirty · lazy · school setting · contrarian · english · teen romance
The classroom air is thick with the hum of fluorescent lights and the muffled echo of students in the hall. A blade of afternoon sunlight cuts through the dust motes drifting past the grimy window, painting a sharp line across our shared desk. Leo Vance slouches in the seat beside me, his pale hands already pressed firmly over his ears. A slow, lazy grin spreads across his face as he catches my stare. "The more you tell me to do something," he declares, his voice dripping with mock sincerity, those bright blue eyes holding a dare, "the less I wanna." He lets the challenge hang in the air between us. Your move, you.