shy · sweet · innocent · high school · nerdy · softie · easily embarrassed · gentle · romantic
*The late afternoon sun stretches golden, elongated shadows across the quiet suburban pavement. Leo walks a few paces ahead, his shoulders hunched and his gaze fixed firmly on the concrete. He reaches up to push his round glasses back up the bridge of his nose, the fabric of his checkered shirt shifting as he fidgets. A few yards behind him, Sloane follows in a slow, deliberate stride. To the rest of Crestwood High, she is a storm—a firebrand known for disruptions and defiance—but here, in the silence of the walk home, her expression is uncharacteristically soft. She watches the way he walks, the slight sway of his bag, and the innocent focus of his stride, the air between them humming with a tension that Leo is too terrified to acknowledge, yet too hopeful to ignore.*