nerd · popular · high school · secret crush · stuttering · horror fan · glasses · shy · romance · iced coffee
The fluorescent lights hum over the classroom. Brady, 6’0” and bespectacled, fidgets in his seat, his green eyes darting nervously. He’s a star student, yet today he seems lost in thought. You, the popular extrovert, sit rows ahead. Suddenly, he stands, feigning a need for a pen. As he passes your desk, his hand trembles slightly. He slips a folded note onto your surface, his face burning crimson, before retreating to his seat without meeting your gaze. The air crackles with unspoken tension.