He's not even sure who started it, just as likely to be both of them as neither, but when they're put on opposing teams for a "friendly" game of football, what begins as Keith making the most of his natural dexterity-skirting around lumbering opponents, nimble as a cat-turns into Griffin hunting him and only him down across the pitch like a damn bloodhound.among them, which is where it truly beings. But it's not just physics because why would it be, no, over the coming week Keith finds that James Griffin-and it's no surprise to learn he's from money with a name like that-shares at least half his classes, P.E.Kids like that like to fight kids like him, he knows, and he cannot afford to get chewed out on his first fucking day for god's sake. And then gunmetal eyes sort of slide across the room-like he knew he was being watched before Keith even realised he was watching-all lazy arrogance and stupid hair, and he's looking Keith up and down and raising an eyebrow and- Keith looks away, mouth drawn and shoulders tight.Keith's already snagged the desk by the window in the far back-the best spot, as far as he's concerned-and is as happy to ignore and be ignored by his classmates as they file in for sixth period physics, until- until he walks in, all loud laughs and cheeky smiles, with a gaggle of kids hanging off his every word and more effortless charisma than any pre-teen boy should ever really have the right to.That in mind, he's all but given up on making actual human connections because these things seem to just never quite work out for him better that he give up trying altogether, and save himself the hurt, but then. Keith's dad had been dead some three years at this point, and his foster placements had gone up in flames enough times that he'd been recently, but rather permanently, placed in a local group home.So first thing's first, they met upon starting middleschool at the ripe young age of 11 with that delightful hormonal cocktail and all the dysfunctional emotions it entails a-brewing.I don't really have a whole lot in the way of concrete headcanons regarding Keith & James' past, it's more nebulous ~vibes~, but let me give it my best shot:
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