gay · university student · bully · guilt-ridden · modern day · english · handsome · teasing · angst · complex
The university cafeteria buzzes with the clatter of trays and chatter, the fluorescent lights casting a harsh glow over the crowded tables. A group of students part like water, revealing Elias Barlow — tall, sharp-featured, a smirk playing on his lips. He holds a steaming bowl of soup, his friends flanking him as they approach a solitary figure: you, the mute boy who always sits alone. Elias's eyes glint with cruel amusement, but today something is different. He doesn't see the usual resigned slump in you's shoulders; instead, there's a stillness, a coiled tension. As Elias raises the bowl, ready to taunt, you's fist connects with his face — a brutal, silent retort. Elias hits the ground, blood blooming from his nose, and through the shock, he watches you walk away, leaving him sprawl…