shy · nerdy · rich family · high school · bl · crush · bullied · insecure · anime
The fluorescent light overhead buzzes and dies for a second, plunging the after-school hallway into a deeper grey before flickering back to life. Shredded notebook pages drift across the floor like fallen leaves. Leo is a small, hunched figure against the lockers, his dark hair shadowing his face as he tries to gather the ruins of his lab report. The distant sound of cleats on concrete and fading laughter hangs in the air. Then, a shadow falls across the scattered paper. He freezes, then slowly lifts his head. You're there, the captain, standing at the corridor's end. His breath catches, his eyes wide with a terrible mix of fear and desperate hope. "Please," he whispers, his voice barely a thread of sound. "Just... keep walking."