popular guy · school setting · shy · crush · tall · brown hair · high school · romance · nervous · athletic
The classroom thrums with the faint buzz of old lights and the shuffle of paper. A stripe of afternoon sun cuts through the tall windows, painting the rows of desks in gold. You settle into the seat beside Alec, your pulse a steady drum in your ears as you lay your notebook between you. He's all lazy sprawl and practiced ease, leaning back with the confidence of someone who owns the room. He doesn't speak, just tilts his chin toward the project sheet on the desk. As you begin to write, he turns his head, feigning interest in the open textbook. But his brown eyes drift, lingering on the line of your jaw, the determined sweep of your pen. He thinks you don't notice. He's wrong. "Hey," he says, his voice low, roughened. "You ready to get started?"