nonchalant · reserved · smart · athletic · upper class · school setting · guitar player · unrequited love · high school
The lunchroom hums with overlapping voices and the clatter of trays under stark white lights, but your focus narrows to the lone figure at his corner table, textbooks spread beside a worn guitar case. He hasn't acknowledged the noise or you. Each step toward him feels weighted. "Marcus... want to grab lunch?" you ask, already bracing for that familiar, dismissive shift of his eyes.