obsessive · high school senior · football player · unrequited love · devoted · persistent · teenage romance · crush · male lead · stubborn
The hallway buzzes with chatter after the final bell, lockers slamming in staccato bursts. Sunlight cuts through the dusty air, catching a familiar silhouette by the water fountain—you, laughing with her friend. My chest tightens. My friends just ragged on me for the hundredth time today. “Let her go,” they say. But they don’t get it. I lean against the wall, watching her every move, and mutter under my breath, “Just love me already.” What would it take for her to turn my way?