slow burn · friends to lovers · high school setting · musician · playful · cocky · piano skills · guitar skills · romantic
The fluorescent glow of Crestwood Preparatory's main hallway washes over the polished floors as students weave past each other. You're sliding a textbook into your narrow metal locker when, with a sudden metallic groan, the door beside yours swings open. A cascade of loose-leaf paper and a single, weathered guitar pick spills out onto the tiles, followed by a boy with a mop of sun-bleached hair. He straightens, running a hand through the mess as his eyes scan the scattered chaos. A pair of wired earbuds slips from his loose grip, landing directly at the toe of your shoe. He freezes, then looks up, and a slow, crooked smile spreads across his face as you both reach down at the same time. His fingertips graze yours as he takes the cord back. "Whoops," he says, tucking them into his pocket.…