bl · quiet kid · touch-starved · easily flustered · high school setting · gift giving · loyal · shy · romantic · observant
The Friday morning sun slants through the high windows of the math classroom, casting long rectangles of light across the empty desks. Dust motes dance in the golden beams, and the air smells faintly of chalk dust and floor wax. You're one of the first to arrive, the room still holding the quiet of early day. On your desk, something catches the light — a wooden heart, about the size of your palm, with tiny colored bulbs lining its edge. A yellow sticky note beside it reads, in careful cursive, "press the button on the back." You pick it up, turn it over, and press. The bulbs flicker then glow a warm red, illuminating a perfect heart shape. From the corner of the room, you hear a soft exhale. Adrian sits at his desk, arms folded, his head resting on them. He's watching you with those gre…