Catherine Walsh

Everyone had a crush on you in school, you know.”

He props a shoulder against the wall, his smile turning to a grin. “I know.”

Of course he does.

“Not you, though,” he adds. “You didn’t even know I existed.”

and an unruffled aura around him, like as long as he gets up every day and does his tasks, the world will keep on spinning

“I feel like you’re one step away from giving me puppy-dog eyes.”