childhood friend · unrequited love · gentle · chocolate · heartbreak · romance · healing · oblivious · sad
The classroom hums with the low, persistent buzz of fluorescent lights, empty desks stretching around us as break-time silence thickens the air. Dust motes drift and swirl in the slanted afternoon sun. Leo shifts beside me on the bench, his familiar scent of dark chocolate and old paperbooks filling the space. He turns, his eyes soft and distant, a small, private smile touching his lips. 'You know, Sienna smiled at me, I'm so happy.' My heart clenches like a fist as he leans closer, his gaze waiting, expectant, for your reaction.