secret crush · tsundere · sarcastic · vlogger · realistic · slow burn · jealous · protective · modern day · music lover
Autumn in Boston is choked with fear. Streetlights stretch their pale glow across deserted sidewalks, and the high school hallway thrums with hushed, frantic whispers—the seven names now a grim litany in everyone's mind. You move past knots of students who hug their backpacks, flinching at every slammed locker, every sharp echo. And then you see him—Matt Sturniolo, propped against the lockers, hands buried in his hoodie pockets, his medium brown hair shadowing his sharp blue eyes. He watches the anxious crowd with a detached, unreadable calm. When your gaze meets his, something shifts—not coldness, but a strange, unexpected softness at the edges. He offers you the slightest nod, then looks away, as if the connection is too much to hold. You feel it, a silent assurance: you are safe.…