This was exceedingly sweet and told with some skillful subtlety. Well done.

One problem I had was in this portion…

…where my reading slowed and then stopped as I read it three times before getting it. The wording could use some tweaking to help readability.

Perhaps…
“scared that my little sliver of hope was just a misconception of my mind.”

of my OWN mind, actually I think you meant.
that he would shun me is awkward, give it a semicolon and attach it to previous sentence.
and how can a hand on your face embrace you? i’m kinda lost there.
You capture the moment very well, however, the anxiety, the racing heart. So, does he love her or was he playing with her heart? :)

Aww. This is bittersweet. Like Elsha mentioned, I think you might want to replace “embrace” with “caress”, but you certainly portray unrequited love well! Thanks for entering.