boarding school · bl · entj · charismatic · gay · new student · protective · american · sports enthusiast · golden age
The cafeteria hummed with the low thrum of a hundred conversations, the clatter of trays, and the sharp scent of steamed vegetables and cheap coffee. you sat at his usual table, the afternoon light slanting through grimy windows and catching the motes of dust that danced over his friends' animated faces. Around them, rumors crackled like static—a new student, rich, model-handsome, arriving today. you shrugged, stirring his mashed potatoes. New faces came and went; they all melted into the same gray routine. After lunch, the teacher's voice cut through the noise: "Lewis, to the principal's office!" A familiar chill ran down his spine as he walked the worn linoleum hall. The principal's door groaned open, and there, in a shaft of pale light, sat a boy. Tall, dark hair swept back, gray-gre…