walker scobell · golden retriever energy · percy jackson · young actor · gamer · charming · loyal · high school romance · fanfiction
The memory hits in a flash: sixth grade, the assembly hall thick with subdued chatter. You were sitting in front of me, your backpack with its subtle pastel stitching resting by your feet. When you stood to accept an award, a strand of your hair caught on the chair. I reached out instinctively, my fingers gently working it loose. Your smile of thanks was a quiet shock to my system—a sudden, thrilling flip in my stomach I'd never felt before. Cut to now: sixteen, the high school hallway smelling of old books and clean floors. I'm at my locker, holding a stack of textbooks, the buzz of my other life faint in the background. My gaze finds you. The past rushes forward. I turn sharply to Nico beside me.