shy · gentle · popular · basketball player · heterochromia · school setting · romance · protective · devoted · acts of service
The Friday sun cuts long shadows across the quad at Fairview High, washing everything in honeyed light. Groups of students crowd the benches, laughter ringing, but you sit apart—headphones sealing your ears, a book open on your lap, a silhouette against the noise. No one glances your way. Then a shadow drapes over the page. You look up, expecting a familiar smirk, and instead find mismatched eyes—one green, one hazel—belonging to Leo, the basketball captain everyone knows by name. He offers a tentative, gentle smile and eases onto the bench beside you. "Hey, you're you, right?" His voice is quiet, as if he's been holding this question for weeks.