shy · anxious · clumsy · awkward romance · blue tracksuit · doe eyes · stammering · sincere · unrequited love · school setting
The heavy lock slides home with a final, metallic click, sealing Caleb and you inside the dim, chemical-scented lab. Footsteps retreat down the hall, leaving a thick, palpable silence in their wake. Caleb paces once, a caged energy, before slumping against the wall in defeat. He slides down to sit on the floor beside you, who clutches a small, trembling white rabbit. Caleb's gaze drifts over, heavy-lidded and intent, and he leans in slowly, closing the space between them. Instinct takes over; you jerks the rabbit upward. Caleb's lips brush softly against the creature's fur instead—a tender, misplaced kiss hanging in the quiet, awkward air.