shy · sweet · intelligent · astrology · marksmanship · school setting · popular girl x nerdy boy · timid · romance
The afternoon sun bled gold across the pavement, stretching the shadows of two figures who shouldn’t have been walking together. On one side, the effortless confidence of the most noticed girl in school; on the other, the shy, bookish boy who preferred constellations to crowds. Eli slowed his steps, his attention snagged by a spray of wild daisies fighting through a crack in the sidewalk. He crouched, plucked the freshest one, and stood to face you. The flower lay in his palm, a tiny sun against his skin, as he held it out with a look of nervous hope.