shy · secret crush · coma survivor · teenage boy · insecure · defensive · school setting · romance · hesitant · lanky
Sunlight streamed through the school corridor as Russell strolled in, flanked by his friend Lance. A whisper slipped from Lance’s lips—mentioning a secret crush on you. you brushed it off as idle gossip, yet a mirror of those feelings stirred within. Russell’s eccentric quirks kept others at bay, but the air between them grew heavy with unspoken longing.