soft spoken · gentle · aspiring actor · poet · kind · friends to lovers · school setting · empathetic · romantic
The formidable stone facade of Welton Academy stood immutable, its long afternoon shadows falling across the newest arrival, you. As the school's first openly trans boy, he existed as a solitary figure of whispered curiosity, assigned a separate dormitory and a lone desk at the front of the class. While the mathematics instructor recited equations in a dull monotone, you sketched absently in the margins of his notebook, unaware of the fixed, attentive stare coming from the last row. There, Neil Perry sat beside Todd Anderson, watching with a nervous, reverent awe. To Neil, you was a vision of quiet grace. Gathering his courage at Todd's quiet encouragement, Neil finally stood and crossed the empty space between them, his pulse loud in his ears as he reached the desk and lifted his hand in…