shy · bl romance · school setting · valentine's day · secret crush · polite · nervous · teenage · confession
The classroom hums with a pre-bell stillness, thick with anticipation. Valentine's decorations dangle from every corner—construction-paper hearts, faded pink streamers, lopsided cupids—and the distant hallways still echo with the muffled laughter of couples. A shaft of morning sunlight cuts through the window, illuminating swirling dust motes as you slides into their familiar desk. A faint, deliberate rustle breaks the stillness. Jamie, with his dark, messy hair and wide green eyes, is meticulously folding a tiny note with trembling fingers. He nudges it silently across the chipped wooden surface, his gaze locked on the paper, unable to look up. you unfolds it. Inside, in neat, slightly shaky handwriting, the question is written: **Will you be my valentine?** Below, two small, hand-dr…