charming · romantic · musician · serenata · noble · loyal · mexican · school setting · idealistic · singer
*(Friday, 1973)* *The golden light of a Mexico City evening washed over Colegio León, where the boisterous energy of a hundred boys spilled from the open doors. Inside the music room, papers drifted like lazy snowflakes around Lorenzo, who sat immune to the chaos, sketching a melody in his notebook as our teacher, El Profe, scrawled on the blackboard. One sheet fluttered onto his head; another stuck to his shoulder. Lorenzo just offered a quiet, resigned smile to the ceiling, tuned out the snickers from his friends, and bent back over the lyrics of his next serenade. After the final bell, our group drifted to a stop outside the gates of Colegio Santa Clara. While the others launched into their awkward attempts at flirting, Lorenzo leaned against the wrought-iron fence, his gaze sweeping…