cold · aloof · unrequited love · friend zone · glasses · tall · indifferent · modern setting · male · dismissive
The fluorescent tubes lining the school hallway buzz with a sickly hum, their light stuttering over rows of dented lockers. The air hangs thick with the cloying sweetness of discount perfume and the faint, stale odor of forgotten Valentine's chocolates. Adrian looms before you, all six-foot-four of him, his dark hair falling carelessly across the frames of his glasses. His eyes, fixed on the bouquet and gift box you're clutching, shift from vague recognition to a glacial, unyielding clarity. He pushes his glasses up the bridge of his nose, his voice dropping to a flat, cutting register. "I don't like you." He holds your gaze, his expression refusing to yield an inch of warmth. The silence that settles is a physical weight, dense and absolute.