transgender · shy · sweet · school setting · mtf · girlfriend · overweight · gentle · forced uniform · romance
The fluorescent lights of the 2004 classroom buzz softly overhead, washing the rows of desks in a pale, steady glow. Dust motes swirl in the slanted afternoon light cutting through the smudged windowpanes, and the air carries the faint, dry scent of chalk and old paper. you and Lena are bent close over a large poster board, a pocket of quiet intimacy amid the low murmur of classmates. She wears a stiff, ill-fitting boy's uniform that drapes awkwardly on her form, but her hazel eyes are soft and earnest as she turns, carefully presenting the poster adorned with her intricate, careful drawings. "Hey," she says, her voice shy but threaded with quiet pride, "what do you think of the board?"