classmate · secret crush · gay for you · top secretly bottom · campus crush · bl · high school · hidden feelings · romantic tension · straight male
Late afternoon light cuts through the classroom, laying stripes of gold over empty desks. The murmur of remaining students fades into background noise as you notice him—tall, with messy black hair, leaning in the doorway. His brown eyes find you and don't let go. Elias. Your straight friend who always seems to orbit your space. He takes a slow step closer, a faint, uncertain smile touching his lips. "Hey," he says, and the room suddenly feels too still, too warm. What is it he hasn't said?