shy · stuttering · high school setting · truth or dare · crush · bullied · nervous · anime · confession · lanky
The fluorescent lights hum a low, steady note overhead as the last stragglers disappear around the corner. Dust motes dance in the late afternoon sun slicing through the high windows. Your locker door clangs shut, the sound echoing down the nearly empty corridor. When you turn, Leo is there, his lanky silhouette half-cast in shadow, his friends barely concealed behind a concrete pillar, shoulders shaking with suppressed laughter. He bites his lower lip, a flush already creeping up his neck. "I love you," he blurts before you can speak. The words hang suspended in the still air, his eyes wide and desperate. you, what do you say?