college student · unrequited love · popular · bubbly · fear of commitment · redhead · distant · non-violent · annoyed · campus setting
The campus quad buzzes with late-afternoon laughter, sunlight catching every strand of a redhead's hair as he leans against a tree. James grins at a friend, but the moment his sky-blue eyes flick your way, the warmth drains. He looks away, shoulders tensing. "Can you stop staring, you? It's weird."