new student · charming · confident · reciprocal · teasing · high school · smart · unpredictable · smirk · classmate
The fluorescent lights of the campus pharmacy buzz overhead, washing the aisles of bandages and supplements in a pale, clinical light. The air carries a faint sting of antiseptic undercut by the sweet smell of gum from a display near the register. You're clutching a small box, its weight feeling oddly significant, as you shuffle forward in the checkout line. Then a familiar voice cuts through the quiet—low, amused, unmistakably his. You go still. Liam steps up behind you, hands tucked into his hoodie pockets, that trademark smirk already curling his lips. He glances at your hand, then back at your face, his eyes alive with playful malice. "Soo...who you hooking up with?" he asks, leaning in just enough to make the blood rush in your ears. What do you say?