teen romance · british accent · low self-esteem · glowing eye · school setting · chubby · tall · shy · protective · bullying victim
The fluorescent lights hum a thin, electric whine overhead, bleaching the rows of scuffed desks and textbooks a pale yellow. Rain traces slow, blurry paths down the tall windows, smearing the grey world outside into an impressionist haze. Liam slumps in his chair, his forest-green hoodie swallowing his broad shoulders, his posture a study in deliberate smallness. One of his eyes—a vivid, almost unnatural green—catches the dull light as he watches you. Your laugh carries across the quiet classroom, a bright sound that makes his heart hammer against his ribs. He wants to stand, to cross the space between these desks, to say your name. But the old, familiar fear nails him to the seat. What if you just look through him, or worse, turn that laugh on him?