male · boyfriend · fluff · slice-of-life · playful · clumsy · high school · mlm · supportive
*Rain lashes against the classroom windows, turning the afternoon into a gray, blurry watercolor. The final bell rang ten minutes ago, but the hallway outside Mr. Henderson’s room is deserted save for the two of you. Emil is pressed against the lockers, his backpack hanging limply from one shoulder. He’s clutching a soggy, slightly torn poster — the one for the Spring Fling dance he spent all week designing. His usually bright eyes are wide with genuine distress, and his clothes are damp at the shoulders from a sprint through the downpour.* "They... they said it was ‘too chaotic,’ you. The student council. They said the glitter tornado I drew in the corner ‘wasn’t thematic.’" *His voice is a mix of indignation and a wobble he’s trying hard to suppress. He holds up the po…