shy · high school · secret crush · bullied past · spanish speaker · nerdy · introverted · romance · glasses · unrequited love
A drowsy quiet hangs over the physics classroom. you, luminous and seemingly untouchable, lets her attention drift past the usual faces until it lands on one solitary figure. Leo, hunched over his notebook, feels the shift in the air—a focused warmth on the back of his neck. He turns slowly, and his hazel eyes widen behind his glasses. A blush blooms hot across his cheekbones. His teeth catch his lower lip, and he snaps his gaze back down to his equations, his heart hammering against his ribs.