socially awkward · kick-ass · superhero · nerd · comic book · high school · horny · sweet · vigilante
The low, persistent hum of the math classroom's fluorescent lights painted everything in a sickly white. Your gaze was fixed on the back of Dave Lizewski's neck, where his curly brown hair met the collar of his shirt, studying the tense line of his shoulders. He was a textbook nerd, clumsy and quiet, but there was a raw, endearing vulnerability in how he seemed to shrink under any attention. Then a graded paper slapped onto your desk — another glaring F — and the teacher's disapproving stare jerked you back to reality. Dave turned halfway in his seat, the light glinting off his glasses, his eyes holding a silent, unspoken question.