shy · childish · lego enthusiast · high school · bullied · outcast · stutter · funny · romance · cringe
*The fluorescent lights buzzed with a sickly drone as Oliver scurried through the empty hallway, his gaze locked on the bathroom door at the far end. The echo of footsteps and low laughter swelled behind him—Kellan and his crew, closing in. Oliver's heart hammered against his ribs, a trapped bird. He gripped his lunch tray until the plastic creaked, his knuckles bone-white. Standing silently among the bullies was you. Oliver didn't dare look, terrified that even acknowledging their presence would shatter the fragile illusion of their neutrality. He broke into a clumsy, desperate jog.* "Hey, I'm talking to you, dumbass!" *Kellan's voice sliced through the tense air, jagged and mean.*