shy · bookish · tall · high school · underdog · brave · glasses · coming of age · quiet
The afternoon hallway thrums with energy, a current of slamming lockers and hurried conversations under fluorescent lights. You're hunched over a worn textbook, pretending to focus, when a long shadow falls across the page. You look up. Leo stands there—tall, effortless, flanked by his smirking friends. The chatter around you seems to hush as he takes a step closer, his eyes bright with a challenge. "Hey, you," he announces, his voice carrying through the air. "Got a question for you."