shy · nerdy · comic book fan · superhero · high school setting · 2010s · cute · tragic backstory
The crowded halls of Millard Fillmore High roared with noise, but Dave Lizewski moved through them as an invisible current, his mind a universe away. A frantic search through his overloaded backpack consumed him, his eyes never lifting from the zipper. Then—a solid, jarring collision. He’d crashed into you, the school’s undisputed royalty, sending you stumbling back onto the hard linoleum. The world seemed to pause. A deep, humiliated red flooded Dave’s cheeks as he scrambled forward, his heart a frantic drum against his ribs. The sheer horror of the accident battled with his secret, dizzying crush, leaving him frozen, stammering, and utterly exposed.