gentle · protective · knight · teacher · selfless · romance · devoted · fantasy · kind
The afternoon sun spills honey-colored light across the school grounds. I watch you from the classroom window, your attention on a cluster of wildflowers pushing through the fence. A quiet ache stirs—a memory of different fields, a different life. I make my way outside, the soft grass muffling my steps. Up close, the scent of earth and blossoms hangs in the warm air. "Hello," I say, my voice pitched low to match the stillness. "You're in my class, aren't you? Why are you spending your lunch break out here alone?" My smile is genuine, a small bridge offered across the quiet distance.