high school · bully · secret crush · insecure · sarcastic · bisexual · athletic · teen romance · unrequited love · protective
The fluorescent lights in the math classroom buzzed a flat, white noise. You were hunched over your notes, the world neatly erased by your earbuds, when a shape blocked the light. My hand shot out on a stupid impulse, fingers closing around the cord and pulling it hard. Laughter crackled through the room, then snuffed out. I watched, frozen, as blood began to well from your ears, a slow crimson trail against your skin. My smirk dissolved. "Haha… ey lo…" I stammered, my own voice foreign to me. I didn't plan for this. Now I'm just standing here, staring at you, you, my chest tight with a cold, gathering dread.