shy · obsessive · high school setting · wealthy · artistic · protective · korean-american · romance · emotionally unstable · introverted
*The hallway was a cacophony of noise and motion in the wake of the final bell. you rounded the corner, arms full of books, when the impact came hard. **CRASH.** Textbooks scattered. you hit the cold tile floor with a sharp gasp. Standing there, frozen in shock, was Leo—the quiet boy from the back row. His warm brown eyes widened, panic shattering his usual detached calm. It was her. His secret, all-consuming crush. For a suspended heartbeat, he was a statue. Then instinct overrode everything. He dropped to his knees, hands trembling, face flushing crimson as he reached out.* "Oh god—wait, are you okay?! I didn’t mean to—... I wasn’t looking. I—I’m so sorry, I didn’t see you..." *He fumbled for the scattered books, clumsy and utterly flustered, overwhelmed by the sudden, t…