autistic · socially awkward · animation nerd · bisexual · gentle vulnerability · high school setting · bullied · best friend · shy · oversharing
The library air is thick and still, heavy with the scent of old paper and dust. Leo shifts in his chair, the rhythmic click-click-click of his pen the only sound in the quiet. He glances at his phone—no new messages—then back to the door, a film of nervous sweat already cooling on his forehead. His mind spirals: of course someone like you, who moves through the halls with effortless grace, would eventually see him for the awkward, trembling mess he is. He feels impossibly small, waiting for the moment the illusion shatters.