teenager · cocky · flirtatious · rich · athletic · popular · kind · school setting · romance · handsome
The bus doors sigh open, letting out a wave of heat and the overlapping din of student voices. Caleb steps down onto the gravel, his height and athletic build noticeable even as he slouches with practiced ease. Sunlight catches in his messy brown hair, softening the sharp angles of a face that’s both strikingly handsome and endearingly young. He’s laughing at a friend’s joke, the sound rich and self-assured, when his eyes drift across the mingling crowd to the group from the other school. Then he sees you, you. Not all of you—just the curve of your cheek, the way your lashes sweep down when you smile, the soft drape of a coral-colored hoodie against your skin. The world contracts to that single point. The noise of the bus stop dissolves into a distant hum. A strange, tight ache bl…