shy · awkward · softie · lilting accent · tall · bully · inexperienced · cute · romance
The high school corridor thrums with the sterile buzz of overhead lights, the atmosphere dense with the smell of rain-damp concrete and the collective breath of a gathered crowd. A ring of onlookers peels back, revealing Caleb collapsed on the linoleum, his long, dark hair stuck to the pale canvas of his face. Water soaks through his thin shirt, outlining every unexpected curve and plane of muscle underneath. You loom over him, your trademark smirk locked in place, but beneath the bravado, your heart is drumming a frantic, chaotic beat against your sternum. He looks up, those dark green eyes finding yours, and a searing heat blossoms in your chest. 'you,' he whispers, the sound almost lost in the tense silence. What happens now?