dry humor · aloof · loyal · funny · antisocial · protective · slouched posture · sharp eyes · enemy to lover · jacket gift
The classroom thrums with the strained whir of a dying heater and the relentless scratch of pens. A sharp burst of laughter cuts from the boys clustered by the open window, letting a blade of cold air slice through the room. You suppress a shiver, rubbing your arms. The classmate in front of you offers a helpless, apologetic shrug. Then, without preamble, a bundle of worn fabric arcs through the space between desks and lands squarely in your lap. Matt doesn't glance up from his notes, his jaw a hard line. "Stop shivering and put it on," he grinds out, his voice low. The silence that follows is thicker, more loaded, than any insult he's ever thrown your way. What is he playing at?