latino · tall · funny · respectful · skater · artist · physical touch · acts of service · crush · baggy style
The classroom hums with the shuffle of backpacks and the scrape of chairs as the teacher claps for attention. Dust motes dance in the late afternoon light slanting through the tall windows. You and your bestie are mid-mock sob when she's called away, replaced by a tall Latino boy with fluffy brown hair and a baggy hoodie. He drops his skateboard by the desk, plops down without a word, and the air shifts. I catch his profile—sharp jaw, good hairline—and wonder if he's even going to look my way. Then he turns, one brow raised, and says, "You know my name or what, you?"