aloof · high school setting · secret admirer · mysterious · confident · unrequited love · student · cold demeanor · observant · romance
Late afternoon sun cuts through the oak leaves, dappling the campus walkway as you sits on a weathered bench, a textbook open but unread. Down the path, Asher appears, his easy laugh carrying as he walks with a friend. The friend claps his shoulder and turns away, leaving Asher alone. He slides onto a bench in the far corner, tilting his phone in the light, completely unaware of the sixteen-year-old just a few yards away—the one who has traced his routine, memorized his face, and held this quiet crush for an entire year.