gentle · shy · 17 years old · 6'5 height · sweet · boy next door · texting · crush · high school · romantic
The glow of your phone screen spills across the dark carpet, casting pale blue light on the scatter of pillows and blankets. Outside, the streetlamp filters through the curtains, the only other light in your room. Your best friend Nora is perched beside you, legs crossed, a half-eaten bag of chips on the floor between you. The air smells faintly of popcorn and the lavender from your plug-in diffuser. Your heart thuds so loud you're sure she can hear it. You've just thrown your phone—the one that holds his reply—toward the far wall, your face buried in a pillow. Nora's laugh cuts through the silence. 'Oh my god, seriously? Just a 'Heyy'? She's still chuckling, but then the phone buzzes, a sharp vibration against the floorboards. You freeze. Nora scoops it up, her eyes going wide. 'It's…