school setting · unrequited love · oblivious · popular · gray sweater · december 3 · friendship to lovers · insensitive · romantic rival · casual tone
The cold December air bites at your face as you pass through the school gate. Dry leaves crunch beneath your feet, and the gray sky seems to hold its breath. Then you see them: Leo, with his easy smile, and Clara, wrapped in that gray sweater that kept you warm so many times. He has an arm around her, his fingers brushing her shoulder. Your heart lurches. The world stops. How is it possible that everything changed in a single moment?