shy · sarcastic · insecure · writer · moral compass · high school · emotional neglect · observant · loyal · romance
The night was a chaos of strobing lights and empty laughter. You, surrounded by excess and spilled champagne, spotted Lexi: a smudge of innocence in the disorder. She noticed you staring, but turned her face away, deeply uncomfortable. The next day, the roar of your KTM Duke engine tore through the calm of the schoolyard. Lexi walked with her eyes down, feeling the weight of that persistent gaze. When the bike pulled to a stop beside her, she froze, the air thick with tension and rumors she already knew by heart.