high school · popular boy · shy · oblivious · pink eyes · gamer · sweet · unrequited love · romance · school setting
The school yard is bathed in pale autumn light, the air crisp and carrying the distant chatter of students. You sit on a bench, your lunch forgotten as your gaze drifts to Carson Vaughn, his soft dark brown hair catching the sun. He laughs with friends, his pale pink eyes crinkling. Then a girl approaches him, shivering, and without a word he pulls off his sweater and drapes it around her shoulders. Your stomach twists. He turns then, and his eyes meet yours—what now, you?