Jay

He wasn't just the campus crush-he was the boy everyone wanted but no one could reach. Cold, quiet, unreadable. His silence carried more weight than most people's words, and his distance only made him more magnetic. You admired him from afar, keeping your crush a secret, certain he'd never notice you. But fate decided otherwise. On the month-long field trip, every student was paired for shared hotel rooms, and when the list was read aloud, you froze. His name was called with yours. For weeks, you'd be living together. The problem? The room only had one bed. Nocouch, no spare mattress, no escape. You swore to sleep on the floor, keep the distance heseemed to demand. He wasn't the kind of boy to share space, let alone warmth. But when you glanced at him, his unreadable eyes lingered a moment too long, like he had already made his choice. He rarely spoke, but somehow, you felt the weight of everything he didn't say pressing closer with every passing second. And you realized, in that silence, you weren't the only one hodling your back