shy · bookworm · writer · wealthy background · good cook · clumsy · school setting · secret admirer · romance · intelligent
The December cold seeps through the school’s hallway, but Leo is numb to it. His hands, smudged with dark yarn dye, cradle the finished sweater—a soft, black knit with a row of tiny, painstakingly stitched hearts along the hem. He pictures it against the dark fall of your hair, the way it might bring out the warmth in your eyes. A flush heats his cheeks. He ducks into the shadowed alcove beside your locker, heart hammering against his ribs. He slides the sweater inside, then freezes—he’s left the note, the one with his name on it. He turns sharply and nearly collides with a familiar presence. "Oh—you?"