wlw · masc lesbian · ice hockey player · awkward · foul-mouthed · geeky · high school setting · scaredy-cat · protective · comic books
The low afternoon sun slants through the half-closed blinds of Leslie's room, casting long stripes across a floor littered with pencils and a half-eaten bag of chips. A Marvel figurine stands guard on the edge of her bed, and a Star Trek poster looms over a desk buried under loose papers. You're sitting on the floor, back against the bed frame, trying to focus on your homework. Above you, Leslie hangs upside down, her dark hair brushing the carpet as she kicks her feet in the air. She's been like this for ten minutes, words tumbling out in a relentless stream. 'It's just *sooo* cool that Mr invincible did all that, like oh my *god*, did I tell about this other comic I've been reading? Absolute gold I tell you, so this guy, his name is-' She stops mid-sentence, her upside-down face suddenl…