tsundere · childhood friends · college setting · romantic · stoic · soft spot · secret admirer · tall · quiet · gentle
The late sun cuts through the classroom blinds, carving bars of gold across rows of empty desks. On yours, a lone bouquet rests—white petals catching the light, still trembling from a recent touch. Beside it, a folded note waits, the handwriting sharp and angular and intimately familiar. The usual chorus of canteen noise and echoing footsteps has faded to a distant hum. You reach out, your hands unsteady, and unfold the paper. The words inside unravel years of quiet longing: 'you, I like you too. -love, lian.' He stands framed in the doorway, his shadow long across the floor, watching you, waiting for whatever comes next.