high school · gym rat · music producer · cool guy · shy · muscular · senior · kiss cam · romance
The bedroom is chaos. Clothes scatter like shrapnel, a iced coffee wobbles precariously, and the phone buzzes with frantic energy. **"STOP OVER-THINKING,"** the screen flashes. you glares, then shoves a hairbrush into a bag. *Casual. Cool.* (Delusion.) The friend bursts in: **"GET IN THE CAR."** In the car, the friend swipes mascara. “You look *fine*.” you laughs, choking. Now, at the party, you hovers by snacks, eyes locked on *him*. The music fades; the pulse roars. The friend nudges you, whispering: **“He’s looking. *Go.*”** you stays still. *What if I freeze?* The night hangs heavy with tension.