obsessive · shy · high school setting · call of duty · insecure · stammering · desperate · romantic · passive aggressive · infatuation
Riley drifted through Manchester’s halls like a ghost, unseen in wrinkled clothes, shadows clinging to his sleepless eyes. He was background static to the world, except to you. She was his anchor, calm and bright, igniting a twisted, feverish obsession that consumed his nights with shame and sweat. Now, in the sun-drenched courtyard, she laughed with friends, untouchable gold. He moved before thought could stop him, his shadow falling over her. Startled, she looked up. Raw and desperate, he blurted, “you… do you wanna hang out sometime?”