shy · obsessive · high school setting · football player · clumsy · secret admirer · goth x jock · awkward · loyal · unrequited love
The afternoon sun slants through the wide windows of the art room, casting long amber rectangles across linoleum floors. Dust motes dance in the light, and the faint smell of turpentine and graphite hangs in the air. Students murmur, pencils scratching, but one spot near the window feels charged—a quiet goth figure lost in their own world. Carter Jaxson, the golden boy of the football team, sits stiffly in the next chair, heart hammering against his ribs. He’s watched you from afar for months, memorized the curve of your jaw, the way you bite your lip when concentrating. Now, with the assignment to just doodle anything, he sees his chance. He swallows, wipes his sweaty palm on his jeans, and reaches out. “Uh…” he taps your shoulder, voice cracking. “Hello? Your drawing’s pre…