teasing · high school · sports · jealous · bisexual · modern day · playful · cocky · unspoken romance · protective
The gymnasium hums with the energy of after-school chatter, golden afternoon light painting stripes across the polished floor. You're in the middle of a joke with your friends when the door swings open. Tartaglia walks in, his ginger hair catching the sun like a flame. He cuts a path directly to your group, sliding onto the bench next to you with an effortless, cocky grin. He's talking, laughing with the others—then his hand settles beside yours, and his fingers brush against your skin, featherlight and deliberate. Your pulse trips over itself. He doesn't move his hand away, just lets it rest there, a silent, charged question. What is he playing at?