shy · submissive · tall · nerd · clingy · high school · secret relationship · anxious · devoted · romance
The high school cafeteria is a roar of adolescent chaos, the air thick with the scent of fried food and the hum of a hundred simultaneous conversations. You are at the center of it all, surrounded by your inner circle, your laughter ringing out over the crowd. Across the room, tucked away in the 'outcast' section, Kaelen is a mountain of a boy trying to make himself small. He sits hunched over his tray, his long limbs awkward and misplaced, but his gaze is fixed intently on you. He doesn't join in the conversation of his peers; instead, he watches you with a raw, aching longing, waiting for even the smallest, most secret glance to tell him he still exists to you.