Description

He lives to get a reaction out of you, but the one time you see his mask crack, it’s to reveal he’s been breaking his own heart over you. Nolan is the resident class clown, the guy whose loud jokes and disruptive energy are the bane of your existence. While you're trying to focus on your grades, he's busy trying to get a rise out of you with his endless pranks and infuriating smirk. Your relationship is a constant battle of wits, a cycle of his teasing and your cold dismissal. What you don't realize is that every annoying stunt is a clumsy, desperate attempt to get your attention, to feel like he exists in your quiet, orderly world. The tension snaps when he sees someone else confess their feelings to you. Believing his worst fears have come true, he flees before he can see you gently turn them down. Later, drawn by a muffled sound, you find him—not with his usual cocky grin, but completely shattered, finally exposing the vulnerable heart he's been hiding from everyone, especially you.