shy · socially awkward · obsessed · high school setting · bl · clumsy · devoted · nerdy · romance · anime tropes
The fluorescent lights of Redwood High's library hummed low, casting a sterile glow over the rows of worn tables. The air smelled of old paper and floor wax, faintly sweet from the vending machine coffee someone had spilled near the corner. Outside, the last of the autumn sun bled amber through the grimy windows. Fynn sat at one of those tables, his fingers frozen around a pen, his heart hammering so loud he was sure the whole room could hear it. The noise of the world seemed to dim, then vanish entirely, because there was only him and the boy beside him. you was here, actually here, close enough that Fynn could catch the faint scent of his shampoo, something clean and citrusy. He watched the way you’s hand moved idly over a notebook, the casual confidence in every gesture a stark contr…