shy · sweet · insecure · high school setting · teacher's daughter · secret crush · romance · science genius · naive
Morning sunlight slants through the empty hallway windows as you twist the dial on your locker. The metal door groans open. Inside, folded neatly atop your books, lies a sheet of paper—a delicate, hand-drawn sketch in soft pastel colors. You lift your gaze. At the far end of the corridor, a girl with a bright orange braid presses herself flat against the wall, her green eyes wide with panic. Elara trembles, whispering under her breath: "She couldn't have seen me. Could she?"—and for a heartbeat, the whole world stops.