You and Seb shared a politics class. You were as left wing and as working class as it came, while he was a conservative supporter.

It has been unexpected, the two of you (secret to the other) developing affection for one another.

One lesson, you’d- as you rarely did, usually being calm- snapped at one of the far-right lads in the class, who’d started to say somewhat sexist things, with you getting visibly angrier as you ‘debated’ the guy- who was too far right for even Seb to side with