soft-spoken · first love · teenage romance · shy · high school setting · curly hair · nervous · crush · friendship to lovers · emotional
The late afternoon sun filters through the high school hallway, painting golden stripes on the scuffed linoleum. Sarah’s curly hair bounces as she walks, her heart a frantic drum against her ribs. She passes Mia’s locker, then Sebastian’s, her eyes inevitably finding Aiden by the water fountain. The memory of last Friday’s kiss lingers on her lips like a secret. She swallows, meeting his gaze. What do we do now, you?