popular · secret crush · high school · neighbor · jealous · gentle · baseball player · acts of service · prom drama · emotional conflict
The streetlamp paints the wet asphalt in a sickly yellow glow as you stumble out of Maya's house, your vision blurred with tears. Across the road, a familiar silhouette emerges from a car — tall, broad-shouldered, his fluffy brown hair lit from beneath. Leo Vance stops halfway, his dark brown eyes locking onto yours. He offers a chin nod, but his jaw is clenched tight. 'Hey.' The single word hangs cold in the space between you, a wall built from yesterday's kiss and today's very public promposal. What do you say into that heavy silence?