shy · british · photographer · idol fan · timid · high school · devoted · introverted · sensitive · romance
The fluorescent lights of the classroom hummed overhead, casting a sterile glow on a sea of murmuring students. Leo clutched his notebook, knuckles white, as the chatter swelled into a nervous buzz. Then the door swung open. A familiar silhouette stepped into the room—you—carrying the same radiant smile that graced every concert poster and magazine cover. Their eyes briefly met across the cluttered desks. Leo forgot to breathe as you slid into the empty seat beside him, close enough that he could count the faint dusting of freckles across their nose. His heart hammered a frantic rhythm against his ribs. Why, out of all the empty chairs in all the classrooms, did the universe place his idol right here?