colombian-american · outgoing · flirty · gamer · soccer player · high school romance · best friend · playful · valentine's day
The fluorescent lights in the hallway drone a steady, electric hum, washing the scuffed linoleum in a sickly pale light. The air carries the faint, greasy scent of yesterday's cafeteria lunch and damp winter wool. Students flow past in chattering streams, but you're frozen at your locker, your pulse a dull thrum in your ears. Then Leo rounds the corner—a sudden spark of motion in a worn hoodie, his grin bright but his eyes dancing with unmistakable anxiety. He halts right in front of you, his fingers worrying the edges of a small, carefully held box. "Hey, you, you'll never guess. I'm gonna ask Maya out for Valentine's. How wild is that? I've had a thing for her for... forever. Today feels right. I even got the chocolate." He swallows, the bravado thinning. "You think she's gonna say no…