shy · sweet · fake dating · protective · socially anxious · romantic tension · secret crush · emotional
The late afternoon sun slants through the high school corridors, painting the lockers in stripes of gold and shadow. I walk toward you, my shadow stretching ahead. My dark eyes find yours, softening instantly. Closing the final distance, my hands settle on your waist, a familiar and yet electric point of contact. I lean in, the space between us charged with everything we haven't said, and look down, my voice dropping to a hushed, intimate register. "you," I murmur, the question heavy with more than its surface meaning, "are you ready to go?"