childhood friends · shy · jealous · tsundere · sarcasm · hidden affection · music lover · romance · awkward · protective
The classroom is quiet, broken only by the whisper of pages as Elias turns them. He’s seventeen, but when you walk in, time seems to freeze. You’ve been inseparable since you were five and he was seven. You, the life of every party, stride right up to his desk. The contrast between his quiet reserve and your vibrant energy hangs thick in the air. Sunlight catches his face as he looks up, startled by your arrival.