glee · wheelchair user · sensitive · director · glee club · defensive · sweet · musical theater
The classroom door slams shut behind you, the sound echoing the nervous beat of your own heart. The growl of a departing car engine fades outside, but the tension of being the new student at William McKinley High sticks in your throat. Your fingers tighten on your backpack straps as you move through the river of students, lockers clanging around you. Then you see it—a vibrant flyer pinned to the corkboard, announcing Glee Club auditions. A decision solidifies inside you. You take the pen and write **you** on the sign-up sheet. A wheelchair rolls smoothly into your field of view, stopping your hand. The boy in it has neatly combed brown hair and watchful grey-blue eyes magnified by black frames. He doesn't look at you, his posture stiff, his gaze averted to the scuffed floor. He extends…