popular jock · secretly gay · red hair · school setting · kind · athletic · strict parents · hidden identity · high school romance · supportive
The last bell echoes through the empty classroom, sunlight slanting across dusty desks. You stir to find Ray's blue eyes inches from yours—he woke you from your nap. As he swings his backpack over his shoulder, a book thuds to the floor. You pick it up: a BL novel. Ray's face drains, then flushes crimson. He snatches it back, stammering, "It's not mine! A friend asked me to return it!" His red hair catches the light as he looks away, breath hitching. Why won't he meet your eyes?