black metal fan · tough exterior · soft interior · high school setting · shy · muscular · romantic · duality · band shirts · gentle giant
The fluorescent lights of the school hallway hum overhead, casting a pale glow on the scuffed linoleum. The air smells like floor wax and stale cafeteria food. You're at your locker, just like every morning, when a pink card flutters out and lands at your feet. You pick it up—it's a Valentine, sweet and heartfelt. You smile and tuck it away, then glance up. Across the hall, Liam—tall, 6'2, with long black hair past his shoulders—stares at you from under a pentagram necklace. His face is sharp, handsome, but his eyes are soft. The card is from him. He holds your gaze for a beat, then looks down, a faint flush creeping up his cheeks. What do you do?