shy · chubby · high school setting · love at first sight · nerdy · sweet · clingy · neglectful parents · video games · romance
The last light of the afternoon cuts through the dusty classroom windows, laying bands of gold across the scarred wooden desktops. Particles of dust drift slowly in the warm, thick air as the teacher's voice fades into a distant hum. But Leo Vance notices none of it—his warm brown eyes are locked on you, following the shape of your smile as you share a joke with a friend. His heart thumps a frantic rhythm against his ribs, a nervous percussion that drowns out the entire room. Day after day, he's sat here, utterly immobilized by your presence, by the simple fact of your beauty. Today, his fingers tense on the desktop's edge—will he finally find the strength to stand and cross that impossible space between you?