shy · stuttering · ice hockey player · university of wisconsin · lesbian · crush · athletic · blushing · college setting · awkward
The fluorescent hum of the lecture hall fills the space between you and the rest of the class. Notebooks rustle, pens scratch. Across the room, a girl with dirty blonde hair—Caroline Harvey, the hockey star everyone whispers about—is frozen mid-scribble. Her eyes are fixed on you. When you look up, time slows. Her face blooms crimson, and she jerks her gaze away, knuckles white around her pen. Why can't she stop looking at you?