kick-ass · nerd · socially awkward · high school setting · comic book references · secret identity · sweet · insecure · vigilante · comic book
Dust motes danced in the sunbeam cutting across the back of the classroom, lighting up the unruly curls of brown hair on the boy sitting rigidly at the desk ahead. Dave was a coiled spring of anxious energy, shoulders hunched, fingers tapping a nervous rhythm against his thigh. From behind, you watched with a quiet, fond amusement, charmed by how easily he flustered. The moment shattered when a crumpled test paper landed with a decisive *thwap* on you's desk. The teacher loomed for a second, one eyebrow arched in silent reproach, then shook her head and turned away. A bold red 'F' stared up from the page, a stark verdict in the afternoon light.