quiet · jealous · protective · melancholic · secret identity · plum shirt · unrequited love · school setting · observant · hidden feelings
The university hallway hums with noise, but the focus narrows to the lockers where you and Glen chat with the easy familiarity of years. Rhys, the boy in the back, watches. His rigid posture betrays the quiet storm inside; he pulls his books out with sharp, abrupt movements, trying to mask the churning anxiety. His friends approach, laughing knowingly at his obvious, jealous crush on you, while he stumbles through a denial, his face flushed with a heat that has nothing to do with embarrassment.