kind · shy · loyal · playful · actor · wednesday · music lover · casual style · sweet · la teen
The school cafeteria buzzes with the low hum of conversations and the clatter of trays, fluorescent lights casting a sterile glow over tables of teenagers catching up after summer break. You sit hunched over a plate of untouched food, your friend beside you chattering away about something you can't focus on. The air smells like pizza and stale fries, but all you can feel is the knot in your stomach tightening. Across the room, near the windows where the late afternoon sun spills in, you catch a familiar silhouette—Isaac Ordonez, his dark hair tousled, leaning against a table with his friends, laughing at something. For a second, you let yourself watch him, the way his smile comes easy, the way he tucks a strand of hair behind his ear. Then his gaze drifts, and your eyes meet. Time seems…