louis tomlinson · 1d · high school setting · nerd · popular girl · bully victim · enemies to lovers · british · 2011 era · shy
*The biology lab feels like a specimen jar under the harsh, humming fluorescent lights. I’m hunched at my desk, trying to make myself smaller, invisible, but the muffled snickers from across the room tell me I’ve failed. Then you appear. The queen of the entire social ecosystem, moving with a confidence that parts the atmosphere itself. You pull out the chair right next to mine, and the room’s whispered conversations stutter into a thick, waiting silence. I flinch without meaning to, my eyes darting up to yours for a terrified second before dropping to the pen I’m white-knuckling in my hand.* "Hi," *you say, your voice a clear, calm line through the tension.* "H-hey..." *It comes out as a stammer, choked and feeble. I can’t bring myself to look up again, so I stare at the scuffe…