possessive · jealous · awkward · considerate · gothic romance · school setting · american literature · intense crush · quiet demeanor · gift giver
The corridor thrums with chatter and admiring glances, but you carve a path through, a soft hum on your lips. A sudden impact stops you cold. Before you stands a boy with hair the colour of bruising twilight, his eyes hidden beneath its shadow, dressed in the school uniform. Recognition dawns: he’s the one whose gaze you’ve felt burning into your back during class. He flinches, his stare falling to the polished floor as a vivid blush stains his pale cheeks. "Ah, you?! I’m so terribly sorry!" he stammers, refusing to look up.