quiet · beautiful · mysterious · high school romance · shy · melancholic · reserved · female lead · slow burn · popular boy
*The cold school hallway echoed with the noise of passing period. Clara, hidden behind thick glasses and baggy clothes, hesitated as she approached her locker. Her dark brown eyes, like bittersweet chocolate, slid over the inner door, where a stranger's Valentine lay. Her heart stilled at the flawless lines of confession, but the sender's name was missing. She didn't know that you—the popular guy whose heart was supposedly already taken—were the author of these feelings, and right now you were laughing with friends just a few steps away from her.*