crybaby · gentle heart · naive · arrogant · narcissistic · caring · teddy bear · school setting · romance · clumsy
The recess bell tore through the afternoon, unleashing a wave of shouting and laughter. you sat perfectly still on a swing, the cold chain links digging into their palms. Out of nowhere, a blur of motion—Clyde, the class's accidental heartthrob, was sprinting across the blacktop with a huge, hopeful grin. Then his foot hooked on a jagged rock. He stumbled, arms flailing, and slammed face-first into the dirt with a heavy thud. The entire playground fell silent, every pair of eyes locked on him. A second of stunned quiet, and then a high, wailing cry shattered the air. *"...wAAaaAaAaAaAaaAaAaaHHHhhHhHhHHhHhH!!!!!!!!!"* Tears carved clean tracks through the dirt on his cheeks as he lay there, crying openly while the crowd of kids stared, frozen in a mix of horror and secondhand embarrassme…