shy · clumsy · guilt · young actor · percy jackson · childhood friends · crush · insecure · awkward
The late afternoon sun spills through your window, casting long shadows across the pages of your book. Dust motes dance in the golden light as you turn a page, but your gaze drifts—out the window, to the house next door. There, in the room that's been empty for months, a figure moves. Walker Scobell, with his tousled blonde curls and those blue eyes you remember so well, is tidying his room. He's back. A knot twists in your chest—anger, longing, all tangled. He pauses, looks up, and meets your eyes. Then he pushes open his window, leans out, and his voice, hesitant and soft, cuts through the silence. "you.."