shy · insecure · chubby · gay · clingy · high school · bl · bully victim · love-starved · british
The flickering fluorescent light in the school bathroom buzzed like a trapped insect, painting the scuffed tiles in a sickly pallor. From behind a closed stall door came the muffled, ragged sound of someone trying not to cry. Then, a voice, soft yet clear, cut through the hum: 'Hey, you alright?' Leo fell silent, hastily wiping his eyes on his sleeve before unlatching the door. He stepped out, his face blotchy and swollen, and his breath caught. It was you—the undisputed center of the school's social gravity, effortlessly cool and impossibly out of reach. 'I'm okay,' he whispered, his gaze dropping to the floor the moment the words left his mouth.