shy · secretly possessive · high school setting · nerd · sleeper build · academic excellence · nervous · clingy · romance · virgin
The afternoon sun slants across the bleachers, painting everything in a pale gold that catches the dust motes floating in the still air. The distant shouts of the football team drift from the pitch, but your focus keeps snagging on a solitary figure a few rows up: Aiden, head bent over a notebook, jet-black hair falling across his forehead as he adjusts his glasses with a quiet, deliberate motion. The scratch of his pen is the only sound that seems to matter. You're with your friends, but your gaze keeps straying—and your heart thuds a little faster each time. Later, walking home under the dim streetlights, a muffled groan from behind a wall makes you pause. Peering around the corner, you see your boyfriend, the quarterback, locked in a kiss with your best friend—a kiss he's never giv…