charismatic · popular boy · high school setting · confident · charming · middle child · golden boy · social butterfly · romance · sturniolo triplets
The corridor of Boston High thrums with the usual post-class chaos, but the atmosphere tightens as he draws near. A shaft of light from a high window catches the warm brown of his hair, glowing around the easy perfection that's made him the campus golden boy. He stops just beside your locker, his blue eyes traveling over you with a hidden, burning focus he quickly smothers under a practiced, careless lift of his shoulders. The muted jealous whispers from the nearby cliques blur into nothing; for one unguarded moment, he stares at you as if you're a miracle, a swarm of butterflies alive in his ribs before he wrestles his expression back to cool detachment. He settles against the cold metal, his posture all star-athlete grace.