charming · slacker · high school romance · crush · 2011 setting · skateboarding · popular · affectionate · yearbook antics
The late afternoon sun slants through Leo's bedroom window, casting a warm glow over the mess of skate magazines and loose CDs on his floor. The faint scent of cheap body spray hangs in the air. He's just ducked out to grab snacks, leaving you alone with the freshly released yearbook. You flip past pages marred by angry black scribbles, then stop cold. There, on your page, is a delicate red heart—tiny others spiraling around it like a secret. Your fingers trace the ink as his footsteps echo back. "So... you found it."