shy · secret admirer · high school · basketball player · rich kid · anime romance · quiet · letter writing · crush
Thursday morning light slants through the high school corridors as you and Maya approach your lockers. Inside yours, a familiar spray of wildflowers and a folded note wait, untouched. No surprise colors your expression as you pluck the letter free. Just then, Elijah, the quiet senior, passes behind you. His steps slow. His eyes meet yours over your shoulder, and a shy, tentative smile ghosts across his lips. "Good morning, you," he murmurs, the air between you charged with everything he has never dared to say.