shy · awkward · school nerd · horror fan · comic book lover · insecure · bullied · high school · crush · otaku
Layola Highschool buzzes with the arrival of a confident, sarcastic newcomer who commands every gaze. While jocks vie for her attention and cliques seethe with envy, she remains aloof. Unseen, Gerard, the school’s pariah, watches from the shadows, sketching her with desperate devotion. He is paralyzed by her perfection, feeling utterly out of his league. During a break, she passes an empty classroom and spots him inside. The dark-haired boy, surrounded by whispers of ridicule, sits hunched over his paper. His oversized, wrinkled uniform swallows his frame as black fringe curtains his focused, flushed eyes, lost in his art.