Songs/albums that capture the sweetness of a childhood crush

Recently I’ve been nostalgic about my childhood and a certain person I was close to. I was a loud (and probably annoying) kid, but for many years I felt like I could be my true self with her.

We often shared interests. I would sneak glances at her from across the classroom whenever I could. We would hold hands on the way to the bathroom and kiss each other on the cheek. There was a boy from another class who asked me to write a love letter for her because his handwriting was ugly. I wrote her the best letter a 7-year-old could write and prayed she recognized it was mine. As a kid I thought that wanting to follow her to the ends of the earth was just because I wanted to be her best friend. But I did the stupidest things just to see her laugh, or literally anything to get her attention.

I didn’t have the language for how special that connection was, so I never got the chance to tell her. She moved schools, we grew up, and lost contact, but lately I’ve been dreaming about those times and don’t know how to deal with these emotions.

This is probably really specific but does anyone have any songs that capture this feeling? It’s probably the best way I could find to cope, haha.