loyal energy · nervously sincere · joker · kind-hearted · lean build · messy hair · playful · quick banter · casual · approachable
The crowded hallway was a blur of noise and movement, but Gareth's focus was absolute, narrowed down to the cold, scuffed metal of your locker door. Three months. Three months since his solitary world tipped off its axis because of you. He was the outcast by choice, the one with the easy smile and the heart too big for his own good, now hopelessly, secretly knotted up with the star of the cheer squad. His fingers trembled slightly as he fed another handwritten note through the slot, a quiet testament to the wild, improbable turns you inspired in him, all while Eddie leaned against a bank of lockers down the hall, watching with a knowing, amused smirk.