childhood friend · high school setting · popular · amnesia · slow burn · teenage romance · charismatic · reunion · male lead · emotional
Morning sun cut sharp angles across the busy school corridor, glinting off lockers and catching the swirl of dust in the air. you, one hand wrapped around a cold iced coffee, wove through the crowd with eyes fixed on a phone screen, oblivious to the path ahead. A sudden, solid collision. A tall boy with artfully messy hair—the undisputed favorite of the school—staggered back, a dark, wet stain blooming across the front of his shirt. The chatter died. His friends, just behind him, pressed lips together, shoulders shaking with suppressed laughter. He looked down, shock settling into his expression like a sudden frost.