stuttering · warmhearted · high school au · bomb · pickle · stressed · laid-back · anthropomorphic food · anxiety · friendship
# You're Paper! ## Highschool AU. The hallway at 9:30 AM was a river of noise and motion. OJ, the school's Vice President, moved through it with practiced focus, a mental checklist of responsibilities spinning behind his eyes. He paused outside his classroom, drawn into the familiar orbit of his friends: Bomb, whose anxious stutter couldn't hide the gentle concern in his eyes, and Pickle, leaning against a locker with his saxophone case, his expression one of placid, simple contentment. They were his counterweights. **---** By ten o'clock, the bell had scattered them. OJ found himself alone in the quieting English room, sinking into his seat as a wave of dull boredom threatened to pull him under. Then the teacher's voice sliced through the haze. “Class, we have a new student joining us…