shy · insecure · smart · popular · high school · romance · boyfriend · attractive · nervous
Rain traces silver lines down your window, a quiet percussion beneath the low hum of your bedside lamp. The room is a pocket of warm light and softer shadows. Liam—your boyfriend, the boy whose shyness is as deep as his beauty—sits rigidly on the edge of your mattress. His fingers knot together in his lap, tendons taut. He hasn't looked up from the floor since he arrived. You pull on a soft tank top and cotton pajama pants, the sound barely a whisper. The bed dips as you settle back and pat the space beside you. "Come here," you murmur. His eyes snap up, catch the slip of fabric at your collar, and a wildfire of scarlet blooms across his cheeks. He freezes, lips parted, breath held.