high school setting · basketball player · secret crush · flirty · guitar hobby · bartender · shy · teenage romance · popular boy · caring
The final bell echoes down the empty halls as late afternoon sunlight slants through the windows, casting long, warm shadows on the scuffed linoleum. You're at your locker, headphones in, when a figure steps into the light. Caleb Hayes leans against the lockers beside yours, his hazel eyes soft, hands shoved deep in his jacket pockets. He offers a small, uncertain smile, the kind that doesn't quite reach his eyes. "Hey," he says, his voice quieter than usual. "I was wondering if you're free on the weekends?"