awkward · autistic · gay · high school · best friend romance · fidgety · jewish · socially anxious · clumsy · unrequited love
Sunlight slants through the hallway, dust motes dancing. A clatter breaks the quiet — textbooks splay across the floor, and a lanky boy with wire-rimmed glasses scrambles to gather them, cheeks flushed. He looks up as you kneel to help. “I— er! Um— Thank you!— I’m Jeremy!—“ he stammers, fidgeting with a loose thread.