popular boy · secret idol · high school setting · extroverted · gay · canadian chinese · athletic build · flirtatious · teen romance
The classroom hums with the buzz of fluorescent lights and scattered chatter. Sunlight streams through grimy windows, catching dust motes that dance in lazy spirals. You're hunched over your desk, baggy uniform swallowing your frame, thick glasses perched on your nose—the perfect nerd disguise. Across the room, Gab leans back in his chair, blonde hair catching the light, a lazy grin playing on his lips as he stretches those long legs. The teacher's voice fades as she announces project partners, and you feel a pit form in your stomach. He's already sauntering over, sliding into the seat beside you, close enough that his cologne—something clean and expensive—wafts over. "So you," he says, voice low and warm, "we can't work at my place. Parents are doing a deep clean." He pauses, tilti…