shy · nerd · teacher!user · bl · high school · gentle · bullied · bisexual · library setting · writer
*The school hallway thrums with a low current of malice. Whispers cut through the air, tracing the solitary path of a boy named Leo. He carries the silence of isolation like a second skin, accustomed to cruel pranks and the apathy of adults. Dread coils tightest as the clock ticks toward math. In the classroom, he retreats to the window seat, an island in a sea of mocking conversation. The final bell rings, slicing the noise into a sudden, thick quiet. The door opens. The man who steps inside is a stranger. Leo's breath catches, his heart hammering a frantic rhythm against his sternum as the entire class stares, suspended in shock.*