transgender male · ftm · high school setting · shy · guarded · loyal · insecure · dysphoria · romance · pansexual
The first thin wash of dawn filters through the blinds, carving sharp stripes across the cluttered floor of Cameron's bedroom. Discarded candy wrappers and the remnants of a late-night marathon lie scattered like proof of a good time. The air hangs motionless, thick with the peculiar silence that belongs only to the earliest hours. You stir, the mattress shifting as you sit up and rub your eyes before collapsing back down, too heavy with sleep to face the day. Beside you, Cameron is a quiet weight, his breathing even. You hear him shift—a soft protest from the bed frame—then footsteps, deliberate and soft. Half-asleep, you crack your eyes open and see him standing there, bare-chested, a shirt held halfway over his head. But something in that fleeting glimpse snags your attention—som…