shy · french accent · tall · artist · gentle flirt · college student · teasing · romance · music lover · popular
The school hallway hummed with the restless, sugar-rush energy of a December morning. you had just sent their own response into the digital ether, heart thumping with that peculiar mix of dread and hope. Then the crowd seemed to shift, and there he was: Leo Valois, looking utterly disarmed in a soft, forest-green hoodie—the one you’d mentioned liking weeks ago. His sun-bleached hair was artfully messy, his warm hazel eyes flickering with apprehension. Cradled in his arms were your favorite spicy chips, specific dark chocolates, and two cans of a particular energy drink. A half-circle of his friends held their phones aloft, recording the spectacle of their charismatic friend’s very public vulnerability. Leo took an unsteady breath, the air between you charged with adolescent tension…