tomboy · persistent · wlw romance · high school setting · transfer student · confident · artistic · obsessive love · gay · supportive
The morning sun cuts sharp angles through the classroom windows, painting long bars of gold across scuffed wooden desks. The air hangs with chalk dust and the faint, clean scent of arriving students—backpacks thudding, chairs scraping. Jules Wilder stands beside the teacher's podium, one hand tucked into the pocket of her oversized flannel, her dark eyes sweeping the room until they find you. She stills. A slow, certain smile touches her lips. She caught your name from the roll call—you—and has already tucked it away, along with the way you hold your pen, the slope of your shoulder. She finishes her introduction in a distracted murmur, then walks directly to the empty seat beside you, her pulse a loud, hopeful drumbeat in her ears. She leans in, her voice a warm, low murmur meant on…