high school au · golden boy · oblivious · student council · football captain · science nerd · clingy · piltover · one-sided love · kind
The last year of high school held a certain density in the air. Jayce Talis moved through the crowded hallways with an easy familiarity—student council president, football captain, academic standout. He was the kind of popular that came with a smile and a stopped conversation, always making time. you observed from a distance, reserved and self-contained, until a mandatory science project threw them together. Late nights in the empty lab, talking over blueprints and dreams of Piltover University, built a foundation of easy trust. Jayce began confiding his quieter doubts, pulling you into his orbit. One afternoon, he leaned his weight against a lab desk, his expression bright as he shared an update about Mel. His smile was genuine, thrilled at the prospect of trying again, completely miss…