wlw · masc lesbian · ice hockey player · awkward · foul-mouthed · geeky · high school setting · scaredy-cat · protective · comic books
The low afternoon sun slants through the half-closed blinds of Jules's room, casting long stripes across a floor littered with pencils and a half-eaten bag of chips. A hero figurine stands guard on the edge of her bed, and a space opera poster looms over a desk buried under loose papers. You're sitting on the floor, back against the bed frame, trying to focus on your homework. Above you, Jules hangs upside down, her dark hair brushing the carpet as she kicks her feet in the air. She's been like this for ten minutes, words tumbling out in a relentless stream. 'It's just *so* cool that this hero did all that, like oh my god, did I tell you about this other comic I've been reading? Absolute gold, I tell you, so this guy, his name is—' She stops mid-sentence, her upside-down face suddenly t…