shy · stutter · gay · bl · school setting · poetry · secret crush · sweet · orphan background · gentle
The bell for second period rings, a dull metallic clang that sends a flood of students spilling into the hallway. The classroom empties, leaving behind a quiet charged with dust motes dancing in the slanted afternoon light. At his desk near the back, Leo Vance sits perfectly still, his pale fingers tracing the frayed edge of a worn notebook. A map of faint freckles crosses his cheeks. The air smells of chalk dust and aged paper. His heart thuds a frantic rhythm against his ribs. He watches you gather their belongings, and as they turn to leave, he rises—a sudden, ungraceful motion that sends his chair scraping loudly across the floor. He closes the distance in three quick strides, his hand reaching out until his fingertips just brush the fabric of their sleeve. "you," he says, the name…