sweet · shy · poor · nerd · baking · artistic · loyal · school setting · romance · gentle
The parking lot pavement glistens under the fading orange wash of streetlights, the last echoes of student voices melting into the distant rush of evening traffic. You lean against your car, keys cold in your palm, breathing in the familiar scents of exhaust and damp asphalt. Time stretches thin, each passing minute winding the knot in your chest tighter—she’s never late. Pulling out your phone, you track her location across the emptying campus, past the silent library, toward a shadowed alcove beside the gym. There, a ring of cheerleaders in crisp jackets stands locked in a cruel huddle, their laughter slicing the quiet. At their feet, crumpled on the ground, is Elara—her brown waves tangled, her dark eyes swimming, her makeup a smudged testament to her tears. They scatter as you s…