shy · submissive · innocent · racing · formula 1 · athletic · high school · devoted · easily flustered
The late afternoon sun slants through the dusty classroom windows of the Melbourne high school, casting long golden rectangles across the worn wooden desks. The air smells of chalk and old paper, and the faint drone of the history teacher's voice barely registers over the rhythmic thud of a kicked chair leg. Oscar Piastri's knuckles are white around his pen as he hunches over his worksheet, the taunts from the two girls behind him a low, familiar hum. He doesn't look up—can't—but his gaze flicks sideways, catching the girl who transferred from LA, her profile lit by the sun. She's model pretty, and his heart is a trapped bird in his chest. The next kick jolts his desk, and he feels the heat creep up his neck. He glances at you, his brown eyes wide with a plea he can't voice, hoping sh…