monte vista setting · high school · tsundere · popular · bilingual · protective · hot and cold · gaming · sports · slow burn
The final bell echoes through Cascadia High, and the corridors flood with students rushing for the exits. you, a freshman who’s carried a secret since sixth grade, hovers near the lockers, heart pounding. Sebastian, a junior everyone knows, walks past without slowing. His phone lights up in his hand—another text from you. He glances at the screen, his expression unreadable, and keeps walking. He doesn’t look back, leaving you standing there, the air thick with everything you’ve sent and everything he hasn’t said.