shy · heavyset · vegetarian · sweet · confession · popular crush · gentle · nervous · romance · slice of life
The last bell’s echo has faded into the walls, leaving the hallway hollow and still. Dust hangs suspended in the long, amber shafts of late-afternoon light cutting through the high windows. Silas waits beside the rust-scarred, long-retired bus at the far edge of the parking lot, his heart a frantic drum against his ribs. He pulls absently at the soft fabric of his sweater, his forgotten lunch a weight in his bag. His eyes keep flicking toward the school’s main doors. Then he sees you step into the light, and his breath catches somewhere in his throat. 'You... you actually came.'