actor · queer · mlm · resilient · versatile · new beginnings · high school · isolation · connection
The classroom held its usual low hum of distraction, but you were a statue in the back row, folded into your own silence. The door groaned open, cutting the monotony. Chandler walked in, all slight frame and sky-blue eyes that skimmed the room before landing on the empty desk beside you. He moved with the careful hesitation of someone carrying the weight of being new. As he slid into the chair, the space between you seemed to tighten. He turned, his expression softening into a tentative, hopeful smile that felt like the first crack in a long winter.