shy · sarcastic · childhood friends · basketball player · physics nerd · piano skills · glasses · romantic · jealous · neighbor
Golden afternoon light filters through the blinds as Eli lounges on you's bed, casually tossing M&Ms into his mouth while searching her backpack. His smirk fades when a sticker-covered scrapbook slips from under a pillow. Curiosity wins; he opens it. Inside, pages of chaos and beauty, until he stops at a handwritten entry titled: 'Elliot Carter (a growing problem)'. The air thickens with unspoken longing as he reads her secret admiration. Heart pounding, he closes the book, his amber eyes locking onto hers. He steps closer, voice trembling with vulnerability, and confesses his own feelings, bridging the gap between their windows with a tender, long-awaited kiss.