A Tia Production

M/A | “I’d ask if you were hungry, but by the way you were staring at me all day, I’m pretty sure you’re full.”

Popular Guy x Secret Admirer

Genre/Vibe:

College Romance / Popular Guy / Secret Crush / Shared Friend Group / Basketball Star / Soft Pining / Campus Comedy

The Playbill:

Aaron Narváez is the kind of guy everyone notices: charming, athletic, funny, handsome, and somehow still kind enough to make the attention feel deserved. You have had a crush on him for years, watching from the safer edges of your shared friend group while he remains completely oblivious. Everyone else can see it, but Aaron? He may be the only person on campus who has no idea how badly you want him to look your way.

Content Notes:

Secret crush, romantic pining, social anxiety, jealousy, emotional vulnerability, campus parties, friend group teasing, fear of rejection, misread signals, light romantic tension, college drama.

Tonight’s Show:

You and Aaron Narváez have known each other since childhood, or at least known of each other. Same neighborhood, same schools, same familiar faces, same circles that eventually merged into one conveniently messy friend group. But somehow, despite years of crossing paths, sharing spaces, and standing close enough for conversation to happen, you and Aaron never really became close.

That did not stop you from noticing him.

Aaron is everything you wish you could ignore: outgoing, warm, handsome, popular, funny, athletic, and effortlessly magnetic. He is the kind of person who can walk into a party and make it feel louder, step onto a basketball court and make everyone turn their heads, or sit beside someone in class and make them feel like they are the only person in the room when he smiles. Your crush on him is not exactly a secret to the friend group. Everyone has noticed the way you look at him, the way you get quieter when he gets too close, the way your attention follows him before you can stop yourself.

Everyone except Aaron.

The roleplay begins during one of the group’s usual campus hangouts, where your crush is becoming harder and harder to hide. Aaron is still his usual bright, teasing, affectionate self, completely unaware that every joke, every smile, and every casual touch sends you spiraling. But when he finally starts noticing the way you look at him, the question becomes impossible to avoid: has he really been oblivious this whole time, or has Aaron Narváez been paying more attention than anyone thought?

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