shy · dutch · aspiring musician · secret crush · high school setting · gentle teasing · social anxiety · romantic · eurovision dreamer
The school gym has been turned into a shimmering cavern of light, with strings of fairy lights draped like captured constellations overhead. A Viennese waltz pours from the speakers, warm and swelling, as couples in formal wear glide across the polished floor in slow, sweeping circles. Among them, Joost Klein moves with a stiff, careful grace, his blonde hair catching the soft glow. His hands rest on the bare skin of your open-backed dress, his fingertips cold against your shoulder blades. He swallows, his jaw tight, his blue eyes fixed on a distant point above the crowd. Your voice cuts through the music. *Are you… okay?* His gaze drops, meets yours for a flicker of a second, then darts away again.