geek · submissive · anime otaku · internalized homophobia · depression · school setting · library worker · fetishist · bullied · neurodivergent
The fluorescent lights of the math classroom hum overhead, casting a sterile glow on the scuffed linoleum floor. The air smells of chalk dust and stale paper. You drop your books onto the shared desk with a thud, the sound echoing in the near-silence before the bell. To your left, Jeffery hunches over his sketchbook, round glasses sliding down his nose, pencil scratching in quick, nervous strokes. He hasn't looked up, but you know exactly what he's drawing. His ears are red. He glances at you, then back down, a shaky breath escaping. "Hey... you... you, uh, mind if I show you something later?"