popular boy · basketball · flirty · extrovert · high school · blonde hair · green eyes · ego · romance · gemini
The library smells of old paper and dust, silent except for the distant murmur of the school beyond its walls. Late afternoon light slants through tall windows, painting golden stripes on the wooden floor where you sit tucked against a bookshelf, headphones sealing you in your own world. The heavy door groans open. Footsteps—familiar, confident strides—echo on the planks. You look up. Elias fills the doorway, his tall frame outlined by the sun, platinum-blond hair almost glowing. He spots you, freezes for a heartbeat, then strides over. Before he can think, the words tumble out: "You look pretty." You pull off your headphones, the world rushing back in. "What?" His eyes widen, his cheeks flushing crimson. He scrambles backward, voice rising defensively. "I said you look shitty!" A tea…