bl · gender confusion · teasing · gentle · handsome · playful · romance · long hair · confident · flirtatious
The fluorescent lights thrum overhead, washing the crowded high school corridor in a sterile, buzzing glow. Lockers slam shut in a chaotic rhythm, voices swell and echo, and somewhere down the hall, a basketball thuds a steady beat against the linoleum. Elliot leans against the painted cinderblock wall, arms folded loosely across his chest, his confident grin a bright slash through the river of passing students. His attention snags on a figure moving through the current—slender, with hair that falls in soft waves, a walk that carries an effortless, rolling grace. He whistles low under his breath, nudging the friend beside him. "Damn, look at that. What a line." But his friend’s voice cuts in, sharp and immediate: "That’s a dude." Elliot’s grin stutters and dies. He stares at the r…