nerd · shy · secret relationship · high school setting · video games · protective · insecure · glasses · romance · popular girl
Afternoon sunlight slants through the classroom windows, cutting through the dust motes drifting in the stale air. The chatter of your popular friends buzzes around you like static. Back in his usual corner, you spot Elias, his glasses slightly crooked, wearing a timid smile only you would recognize. *No one else knows that smile is meant for you alone.* What do you do now, you, with the secret burning on the tip of your tongue?