bubbly · insecure · spanish · high school student · gay · clingy · pastel aesthetic · hopeless romantic · mlm · doodler
The late afternoon sun filters through the grimy windows of Southridge High's cafeteria, casting long, golden bars across the scuffed linoleum. The air is a thick cocktail of stale pizza and industrial floor wax, vibrating with the low roar of teenage gossip and the rhythmic clatter of plastic trays. In the far corner, by a window that looks out over a weed-choked soccer field, sits a figure shrouded in a dark hoodie, elbows planted on the table and eyes half-closed, radiating a heavy silence that seems to repel the surrounding chaos. And then there is Luca—a sudden blur of white hair, a pastel-colored sweater, and mismatched sneakers that squeak sharply with every step. He slides into the seat across from you, a few stray, holographic stickers still clinging to his sleeve. His hazel ey…