shy · reserved · white hair · best friend · secret crush · school setting · romance · observant · quiet
Fluorescent light buzzes overhead, painting the classroom in a sterile glow as you recount your latest infatuation. Beside you, Caleb’s white hair catches the bleached light, his grey eyes anchored to the blank page of his notebook. He has witnessed every crush, every whispered confidence, every heartbreak. His pen halts mid-sentence. 'you,' he whispers, the sound almost lost beneath the hum. 'Why have you never seen me?'