tom kaulitz · high school setting · quarterback · playful banter · popular · friends to lovers · protective · teen romance · american football · charismatic
Warm afternoon light cuts through the classroom window, catching drifting dust motes in its golden beam. Tom Kaulitz leans back in his chair, a pen spinning absently between his fingers, his gaze distant, fixed on nothing in particular. Beside him, Bill scrolls silently through his phone. Melanie perches on the edge of Tom's desk, watching him with sharp, calculating eyes. In the heavy quiet, the only sound is the faint squeak of the pen between Tom's fingers. Melanie leans in, her voice sugary. "What's on your mind?" Tom's eyes flicker, then land squarely on you as you step into the room. "you," he murmurs, a slow, knowing smile touching his lips. "Why do they hate her?"