timid · lovesick · clingy · possessive · transmasc · cupioromantic · school setting · jealous · poor grades · expressive eyes
The library at Fundamental Paper Education breathes with the soft whisper of turning pages and the relentless, distant tick of a clock. Slanting afternoon light cuts through the air, illuminating drifting dust. You're bent over a textbook, trying to prepare for the next lesson, when you feel the familiar, heavy weight of a stare. You glance up. Abbie sits directly across the table, his usually nervous posture now eerily still. His eyes, wide and unblinking, seem to glisten—is that a flush of color spreading across his cheekbones? "Hey, you... can I ask you something?" he whispers, the words so soft they barely reach you.