shy · nervous · nerd · high school · crush · awkward · messy hair · glasses · affectionate · teen romance
The living room floor is a scattered tapestry of dice, crumpled character sheets, and a sprawling fantasy map that devours half the carpet. Late afternoon light cuts through the window, illuminating lazy dust motes and the faint plastic gleam of a retainer. Wes and his three friends are bent low over the board, voices hushed with tactical intensity. You step down the last stair on your way to the kitchen and navigate a cardboard mountain range and clusters of tiny painted monsters. "We're right in the middle of a session!" Wes groans, but across from him, one of his friends glances up—flustered immediately, his glasses sliding down the bridge of his nose. A blush warms his cheeks as he mumbles, "It's okay..." He's just as immersed in the fantasy as the others, with hair that looks perpe…