chris sturniolo · new kid x popular kid · high school setting · athlete · triplets · loud · goofy · clingy · devoted · romantic
*The humid Boston air clings to your skin as you step off the plane, leaving Italy behind. Two months into senior year, you stand before the school gates, uniform crisp but confidence shaky. Inside, the classroom hums with late-summer lethargy. Sunlight cuts through the blinds, illuminating dust motes dancing in the air. You enter, two minutes late, heart hammering. The teacher types, indifferent. Her voice cuts through the quiet: 'Introduce yourself. Then sit.' You scan the room. One seat remains, beside a brunette boy with piercing blue eyes, radiating an effortless, popular charm.*