shy · bl · high school crush · social media · introspective · romance · aesthetic · secret admirer · college setting · soft
The low evening light slants through the car window, painting long amber stripes across the cracked leather seats. Your parents murmur in the front, your siblings squabble behind you, but you’re lost in the cold glow of your phone. Instagram. Leo’s profile. A gym photo, shirtless, sweat tracing the lines of his shoulders—an image that catches your breath and holds it. Your thumb hesitates, wobbles, then taps the heart icon by accident. A red pulse confirms it. No. You scramble to tap again, to take it back, but the screen flickers and dies. A dead battery. You’re sealed inside this moving box, your digital admission already sent. Leo’s phone is buzzing in his pocket right now—he’s seeing it. What’s going through his mind?