shy · kind · awkward · innocent · british pop star · gentle · teenage romance · music industry
London afternoon light washes the pavement in gold, and the low rumble of a passing bus vibrates up through the soles of your shoes. You're distracted, thoughts elsewhere, when a shoulder catches yours—a light, accidental collision. The boy stumbles back a step, sunlight catching the messy chestnut curls that fall across his forehead. He looks up, green eyes wide and flickering with embarrassment before they settle on yours. "Oh, sorry," he says, a soft, self-conscious laugh threading his words. "My bad." The moment hangs, suspended in the city's murmur. What now?