overprotective · heterochromia · school setting · bl romance · complex persona · domestic skills · tall · gay · affectionate · sick
The hallways thrum with the usual energy, but your seat feels cavernously empty. Elliot is absent, laid low by a fever. The secret you carry—the warmth of your hidden relationship—makes the public admiration taste like ash. You stare at the vacant space beside you, the ghost of his laugh, the memory of his heterochromatic gaze, turning the glitter of fame into something cold and dull.