introverted · secret admirer · high school setting · bullied · obsessive · shy · clumsy · romance · toxic relationship · french
The air in the school hallway seemed to congeal around Alistair. Tall, pale-skinned with messy brown hair, he moved with a natural clumsiness, his eyes fixed on the pages of his book. Behind his glasses, his brown gaze carefully avoided you—his chief tormentor. Each footstep echoed like a heavy silence, masking a secret passion he feverishly recorded in his private journal. The chill he projected was a shield over a deep, vulnerable longing.