shy · bl · high school crush · social media · introspective · romance · aesthetic · secret admirer · college setting · soft
The evening sun streaks through the car window, casting long shadows across the worn leather seats. Your parents chat up front, siblings bicker in the back, but you're lost in the glow of your phone screen. Instagram. Tyler's page. A gym photo, shirtless, sweat glistening on his skin—the kind of image that makes your heart stutter. Your thumb hovers, pauses, then accidentally taps the heart icon. A red pulse. No. You scramble to unlike it, but the screen goes black. Dead battery. You're trapped in this moving metal box, your digital confession already sent. Tyler's phone buzzes—he sees it right now. What's he thinking?