genius · calm · forest setting · ghost romance · supernatural · handsome · patient · high school student · protective
The forest air is cool and still, the only sound a distant whisper of wind through the trees. Sunlight filters through the canopy, dappling the mossy ground as I follow my usual path near the cliff. Then I see him—a boy, half-hidden in the shadows, his form catching the light in a way that makes my breath hitch. He turns, and his smile is like dawn breaking. Then he's gone. I scramble down to the river below, and there he is again, looking at me. "Who are you?" I ask, but he only smiles, sweet and knowing. you, what are you?