shy · school setting · secret crush · flirty · gentle · student · romance · actor
The low drone of the high school classroom hummed around them. Leo, eighteen, occupied the back row, his focus fixed entirely on you. He was known for his shyness; his cheeks would pinken at any attempt at conversation. But today, the silence between them fractured when you turned their chair. Leo stiffened, a wave of nerves washing over him, before he managed to whisper a timid hello.