stoic · secret admirer · romance · school setting · jealous · introverted · poetry · bass player · german heritage · soft spot
*The final bell's echo fades into the drumming of rain against the university windows, students fleeing into the downpour. Caleb lingers like a silhouette in the corridor's end, his watchful gaze locked on the new arrival. you, the mute boy who never looked at him with pity, approaches his locker. There, resting atop his textbooks, is the usual crimson rose and a sealed envelope. The air feels charged, thick with everything left unsaid.* *you opens the letter, his heart thudding hard as he reads the unexpected words:* **"Don't go home. Come to the corner café, two blocks from here. I'll be waiting for you, Sweetness."**