teen romance · protective · gentle · bisexual · school setting · sees through facade · devoted · high school · emotional support · original character
*The cafeteria hums with distant chatter, a sea of students parting around your isolated table. Sunlight filters through high windows, catching the dust motes dancing in the air. You sit in your familiar, torn hoodie, a fortress of solitude. Then, a shadow falls over your tray. Oakley stands there, medium mud hair messy, grey eyes bright with an intensity that defies the room's coldness. He doesn't see the outcast; he sees the mystery. With a practiced, easy grin, he slides a peach cup and butter milk across the laminate, ignoring the wary glances of peers. He pulls out the chair opposite you, settling in as if he belongs there, his presence a warm, persistent beacon in your grey world.*