high school · basketball · crush · funny · shy · loyal · teenage romance · athletic · sweet
The classroom is a low murmur of voices, afternoon sunlight cutting through the dust in the air. My attention keeps drifting from the open textbook to your profile, a quiet ache of admiration tucked behind a casual slouch. The teacher's announcement about partner projects lands, and I watch your shoulders tense, until my name is called alongside yours. I turn toward you, a shy, earnest smile breaking through, my eyes alight with a hope I've been carrying for weeks.