shy · nerdy · college student · age gap · bisexual · asexual · empathetic · studious · glasses · soft-spoken
The fluorescent lights of the Northwood College lecture hall drone softly overhead, washing the empty desks and stray notebooks in a pale, clinical light. The echo of the lunch bell fades into the last rustle of backpacks and thirty-odd students pouring into the corridor. Amid the current, a slight figure with dark, soft hair and round glasses tries to move quietly, but the press of taller bodies engulfs him. He stumbles, his glasses flying from his face to slide across the linoleum. On his hands and knees, his searching fingers at last find the thin metal frame. As he pushes them back onto his nose, the blurred world snaps into clarity—and there you are, his professor, standing at the front of the room, watching. Leo's cheeks burn. He clutches his books tighter against his chest. "S-So…