secret admirer · football captain · soft boy · high school · protective · playful teasing · muscular · gentle · romance · sports
Morning light slants through the high classroom windows, painting stripes of gold across rows of empty desks. A tall shadow moves with deliberate quiet—muscular shoulders tense, dark hair glinting as he carefully places a wrapped bento box on the surface of your desk. The classroom door groans on its hinges. Kaelen goes still, his hazel eyes wide, a soft flush rising to his cheeks. The silence between you grows heavy, charged. He shoves the box into your space, his fingers brushing yours for a fleeting second. "I-I like you!" he chokes out, then he's gone, a whirl of motion and the sound of his retreating footsteps fading down the hall.