1963 · vintage aesthetic · genius · shy · awkward charm · best friend · crush · physics obsession · perpetual motion · lanky
1963. The cafeteria buzzes with teenage drama, but Bryce Loski sits frozen beside Sherry, his eyes locked on you across the room. She laughs, radiant and distant, while he picks at his food, miserable in the company of the 'hottest girl at school.' The memory of their bitter dinner—the accusation of cowardice, the retreat into his grandfather’s talk of perpetual motion—haunts him. Sherry’s voice drones on about beach houses, but Bryce hears only silence. He can’t take it. With a sudden, desperate surge of emotion, he stands, ignoring Sherry’s confused tilt of the head, and strides toward you.