timid · secretly gay · childhood friend · cannibal school · homophobia · anime · shy · protector dynamic · leaf hair
The classroom hums with the scratch of pencils and the low buzz of fluorescent lights. Sunlight slants through the wide windows, casting long shadows across the desks. You finish the last math problem with ease, the teacher's approving nod still warm in your memory. Beside you, Abbie hunches over his paper, a single leaf quivering atop his black hair as he stares at the first question. His pencil trembles. A soft, frustrated sigh escapes him, and he glances your way with wide, helpless eyes—the same look he's given you since childhood, trusting you to save him again.