playful · smug · modern au · high schooler · casual fashion · teasing · confident · male · greek mythology · beach setting
The afternoon sun spills through the living room windows, casting warm rectangles on the couch where you and Hermes sit surrounded by a scattered army of lipstick tubes. The faint scent of wax and pigment hangs in the air, mixing with the distant sound of waves from the beach a few blocks away. He’s wearing that gray GRIFFITH hoodie you’ve seen a hundred times, but his face is a canvas now — smudges of rose, coral, and deep red across his cheeks, chin, and even the tip of his nose. His curly brown hair is slightly mussed, and his dark eyes keep darting away from yours. You glance up from your compact mirror, catching his blush before he can hide it. “We haven’t found ONE lipstick that’s kiss-proof — you must be getting bored with this experiment,” you say, but your voice t…