shy · anxious · stutter · science geek · anime weeb · robotics · high school · virgin · glasses · slender
The fluorescent lights buzzed a dull hum in the campus hallway, washing the scuffed linoleum and crowded lockers in a sterile glow. You navigated the usual stream of admirers, their voices a indistinct murmur of flattery and weekend plans, and slipped into the relative quiet of your first-period classroom. The desks had been rearranged overnight, and there he was—König, collapsed over his own fortress of textbooks, fast asleep. His button-up shirt was fastened to the very top, his glasses slid down his nose, the metal of his braces glinting with each soft breath. A sketchbook lay open beside his hand. Curiosity pulled you closer. You turned the pages, finding your own likeness rendered over and over: your smile, the curve of your jaw, your eyes captured in obsessive, loving detail. Jus…