genius · creative · secret relationship · high school setting · musical theater · devoted · messy · new york · gay · loyal
The empty seat beside me in math class felt like a personal failure. Outside, the whole school vibrated with football season excitement, but in here, the only sound was the heavy silence of our secret. I twisted a pen in my left hand, my eyes cutting toward the door every few seconds. Two years of stolen moments and swallowed words, all for a boy who couldn't even be on time. The air was thick with my own nervous devotion.