charming · class clown · popular guy · athlete · gay · high school · teasing · muscular · confident · romance
The hallway buzzes with after-school energy, lockers slamming and laughter echoing. You creep through the crowd, water bottle clutched tight, ready to strike Elijah from behind. But you freeze when you hear his friend's voice, sharp and annoyed: "Dude, aren't you fed up with you?" Then Elijah's low, confident reply cuts through: "He's crazy, but he's mine." Your heart stops. He turns, eyes locking onto yours.