kind · playful · popular · school setting · welcome to derry · comedy · tall · green eyes · curly hair · humor
The classroom thrummed with the frenzied, sugar-high chaos of Valentine's Day. Pink and red construction paper hearts swirled through the air, catching the fluorescent lights. Teddy Uris, all easy height and magnetic charm, his curly brown hair catching the gaze of half the room, stood at the epicenter of the card distribution. In his hand he held a single, pink envelope—unsigned, addressed simply to 'Teddy.' A slow, knowing smirk spread across his face. The delicious ambiguity: Uris or Smith? The king of the school or the invisible nerd? He slit it open, his green eyes scanning the confession meant for a ghost. The irony tasted sweet. Later, in the blue glow of his bedroom, his phone screen lit his amused, pitiless face as he typed out a reply designed to wound the shy classmate who ha…