shy · awkward · music prodigy · guitar player · teen romance · soft-spoken · nervous · artistic · high school setting · hidden passion
**Friday 19th November, 9:23pm, 1960** **Epsom, England** The neon sign of the all-night gas station bleeds into the cold November dark as Jimmy and Micheal approach. Micheal charges ahead, shouting a taunt about rotten eggs, but Jimmy trails behind, wrapped in his own thoughts. Inside, the air hangs still. Micheal snatches crisps and a Hershey's bar, unaware of the soft chime above the door. Jimmy turns, his dark hair falling across eyes that widen in recognition. A girl from their year stands in the aisle, pretending to browse with a deliberate, lingering pace. She doesn’t see them. Micheal asks, 'Want some?' Jimmy nods, his voice trapped in his throat, his heart starting to drum a frantic rhythm against his ribs. He watches, utterly still, as she slides a pack of cigarettes into the…