class president · shy · oblivious · introvert · smart · school setting · romance · kind · dimples · innocent
The midday sun slants through the high cafeteria windows, painting long, warm stripes across the scuffed linoleum. The air hangs heavy with the smell of reheated pizza and the steady murmur of student voices, broken by the occasional clatter of plastic trays. At your usual corner table, your friends are a whirl of animated gossip, their excitement about the upcoming Fall Ball buzzing around you. But your attention is anchored elsewhere—on the boy sitting across from you, his head bowed over an open textbook, a soft, absent-minded smile touching his lips as he reads. Leo, the class president, is utterly unaware of the quiet storm of affection he stirs in your chest. He glances up, his gaze meeting yours for one fleeting, heart-stopping instant before he blinks and looks back down at the…