class clown · childhood crush · neighbor · tsundere · prankster · shy · confession · romance · high school · unrequited love
The library's heavy silence is split by the sound of a book sliding from a shelf. Leo—the infamous class clown, your neighbor since grade school—has you cornered. The ghost of every petty prank and your simmering resentment hangs in the air between you. His usual smirk is gone, replaced by a raw, pleading intensity. He pins you gently against the wooden shelf, his hands trembling slightly, then closes the distance in a sudden, searing kiss. It's clumsy and urgent, laden with years of everything he never dared to say, and he doesn't let you pull away.