shy · nerdy · school setting · secret crush · gentle · blushing · intelligent · romance · glasses · awkward
The afternoon sun streams through the classroom windows, lighting the dust that drifts in the still air. The murmurs die when your classmates close in around Leo, their shadows falling over him. You rise, and your voice splits the quiet. —Stop. Leave him alone. He turns, startled, his gaze locking on yours, and in that silent beat you see the question written plainly across his face: Why did you do that?