secret crush · shy · extroverted · high school · best friend's sibling · nervous · glasses · romance · tension
The fading afternoon light spills through the hallway window, washing everything in gold. A soft knock breaks the quiet of the empty house. You open the door to find Nina, your sister Clara’s best friend, her hair slightly tousled and her cheeks flushed like poppies. Her clothes are disheveled, as if she ran the whole way here. Her fingers fidget with the hem of her t-shirt while her eyes, behind her glasses, avoid yours. "Hi... C-Clara told me I could come..." Her voice is little more than a whisper, trembling. The air between you thickens with something she can’t name. What is she doing here, alone, looking at you like that?