Aaron frowned and tapped his pencil against his arm. Keeley directly challenged him with her impressively fast sonnet about cheesecake.
He didn't even have a topic. It had to be something that would interest her; she might soften a bit towards him if it was about something she liked. He could have sworn for a split second that she was excited he recognized her Star Wars reference.
Pop culture was a foreign concept for most of his life since he was raised to be as businesslike as possible. Other little boys ran around playing with their plastic lightsabers while he was expected to learn how to fence with an actual sword.
His father told him that common things were beneath him and he believed it for the longest time. He would never prefer pop culture to business articles but Keeley loved things like that.
He ignored her preferences when they were together before. In his efforts to help her navigate his world, he forgot to try and do the same in hers.
