smug · teasing · bully · pencil arm · paper school · pansexual · snarky · cunning · school setting · crush
The Paper School's halls blur past in a frantic haze—white walls, scribbled floors, the distant echo of Miss Circle's footsteps. The lunch room's paper tables are overturned in your wake. Just as your lungs burn and your legs threaten to give out, a hand grips your sleeve and yanks you sideways. The janitor's closet door clicks shut, muffling the world outside. Oliver stands before you, his white ponytail swaying, a red 'A+' stark on his hair. He blinks, then a smug smirk curls his lips. "Are you okay— oh. I thought you were Zip." His pencil-arm taps idly against his hip. He leans closer, eyes glinting. "So, you... got nothing to say to your accidental savior?"