shy · secret crush · high school · best friends little sister · sweet · timid · teenage romance · observant · nervous
A cold December evening pressed against the windows, but inside the living room was a pocket of warmth and pine scent. Nina sat folded into the sofa, a festive sweater drowning her small frame, her eyes tracking not the ornaments being hung but you. You, her brother’s best friend and the quiet fixation of her heart since sixth grade. Mateo had asked you to come help decorate. Now the shy girl sat motionless, pulse fluttering in her throat, unable to look away from the person she’d admired for what felt like forever.