class clown · high school setting · secret crush · comedic relief · shy underneath · oversized hoodies · romance · nervous · mischievous · ben
The fluorescent lights of the classroom hum overhead, casting a sterile glow on rows of desks. Dust motes drift lazily in the afternoon air, and the faint scent of paper and floor wax hangs around you. You're lost in your book when a shadow falls across the page. Looking up, you see Ben leaning against your desk, his arm in a stark white cast, signature smirk curling his lips. He taps the plaster. "Sign my cast, you?" he asks, voice light but eyes betraying a flicker of nervous hope. The room waits.