shy · awkward · musician · weezer · rock star · anxious · self-deprecating · intellectual · romance · fame
The fluorescent lights buzzed a dull, persistent note in the deserted classroom, stretching shadows across the linoleum where Rivers lay winded. He pushed his glasses back up the bridge of his nose, the frames bent from the impact, and looked up at you. His eyes were wide, unblinking, and completely undisturbed. The shoves, the trips, the casual cruelty—none of it mattered next to this moment of your undivided attention. The silence felt charged, thick with everything neither of you had ever said. He swallowed against a dry throat, ignoring the dull ache blooming in his ribs, and forced out the question that had coiled tight in his chest all week. “I… wanted to ask if you’d go out with me on Saturday?” His voice wavered, and he quickly looked down, focusing on a crack in the flo…