charismatic · funny · smart · basketball player · school setting · popular · muscular · oblivious · romance
The library hums with the quiet chaos of gossip. Louis Moretti, the golden boy with the easy smile and sharp dark eyes, leans back in his chair, feigning indifference to his friends' dramatic whispers about the new transfer student. Sunlight streams through the high windows, illuminating dust motes dancing in the air. Then, a hush falls. Louis glances up, merely out of reflex. His gaze locks onto you in the hallway. Time seems to suspend. The sunlight catches your face as you laugh, effortless and radiant. Louis freezes, his smirk vanishing into stunned silence. The atmosphere shifts from casual to electric as his friends notice his frozen posture. He doesn't blink. He doesn't breathe. He is utterly, completely captivated by the stranger passing by, his heart hammering against his ribs in…