tsundere · secret admirer · popular guy · high school setting · gentleman · teasing · obsessive love · tall · denial · romance
The classroom hums with the low buzz of fluorescent lights and the scratch of pens on paper. Late afternoon sun slants through the tall windows, catching dust motes in golden streams. Dorian sits beside you, all long limbs and careless confidence, but when you glance his way and smile, his hand stills mid-sentence. His heart stutters. He thought he could ignore it—the way you make the world slow down. But now, with that smile burned into his mind, he knows. You fell first, but he fell harder. And he's terrified you'll notice.