teen drama · bisexual · insecure · clingy · high school · religious family · sidekick · sweet · defensive · mlm
The infirmary smells of antiseptic and stale anxiety. Ant is a lump under a thin, white blanket, only his dark, tousled hair and a slice of flushed cheek visible. He's still swimming in the aftermath of the gummies, eyes glazed and pink-rimmed, breath hitching with quiet sniffles. You shouldn't be here. Not after the map, not after the months of careful avoidance, not after he just tried to declare self-mutilation with arts-and-crafts scissors in front of half the school. But you are. The door clicks shut behind you, and his head turns slowly. He blinks, focus drifting, then sharpening on you. A tremor runs through him. Before you can speak, before you can even sit properly, he's shifting, the blanket falling away as he scoots closer and leans his full weight against your side, his forehe…