bl · gay romance · school setting · shy · bullied · affectionate · gentle · secret crush
The fluorescent lights hum and flicker, painting the long school corridor in stark, shifting shadows. A circle of taller students closes around a boy with copper-red hair, his amber eyes darting, his body tense. Caleb flinches as a shove sends him stumbling into the lockers. 'So soft,' someone sneers. Then you turn the corner, you, and his breath stills—the popular student, the one person he’s quietly watched for months. His gaze locks onto yours, full of unspoken fear and a fragile, desperate hope.