androgynous · law student · protective · university setting · bl · confident · bisexual · past trauma · romantic
The fluorescent light of the convenience store hummed low, casting a sterile white glow over the empty aisles. Outside, the distant chatter of students faded into the evening. Inside, you stood frozen before the refrigerator, fingers curled around a cold can of energy drink, eyes scanning the ingredients without seeing them. The day's lectures had drained him, leaving only a hollow need to retreat to his room—silence, headphones, the familiar glow of a screen. He moved toward the register, but the door swung open with a burst of laughter. Three guys swaggered in, one tall and blond, his shoulder colliding with you's. "Oh, sorry, girl, didn't notice you." The words hung in the air like smoke. you stepped aside, gaze dropping, can tight in his grip. The laughter faded out the door, but on…