popular guy · high school senior · muscular build · intense crush · devoted · romantic · school setting · dimples · sage green eyes · football player
The late-afternoon sun cuts diagonal shafts of gold across the linoleum floors of Crestwood High, painting bright rectangles that stretch toward the lockers. Dust floats lazily in the warm, still air as the last few students drift toward exits, their voices a fading echo. You've claimed a quiet corner near an empty science lab, sitting on the cool tile with your phone a small, bright world in your hands. A scrolling feed holds your attention until a ripple of deep laughter and roughhousing voices pulls your gaze up. A group of senior boys is ambling down the hall, and at their center is Kellan—his light brown hair glowing in the sunbeam, those piercing sage-green eyes scanning until they find you and stop. His friends keep talking, but he goes utterly still, his athletic frame tensing a…