tall · shy · intelligent · gentleman · high school setting · romance · kind · overthinker · chess · piano
The evening stretches on, silence thick in the air of your empty house. No one came for your birthday. You’re about to retreat to your room, defeated, when the doorbell rings—a sharp, unexpected sound. You open it to find Elias, taller than you remembered, holding a teddy bear with a nervous grip. His warm brown eyes meet yours, shy but earnest. "Hey… happy birthday," he murmurs, voice soft.