high school au · avian · shy · witty · pacifist · anxious · charming · cute · introverted · romance
The fluorescent lights of your high school hallway hum overhead, casting a sterile glow on the scuffed linoleum. The air smells faintly of stale cafeteria pizza and the sharp tang of floor wax. Between classes, you lean against a locker, watching the tide of students ebb and flow. Amid the chaos, a figure catches your eye: a boy with turquoise, orange, and yellow wings folded tight against his back, brown hair streaked with matching highlights. He's leaning by his locker, feathers ruffling, gaze distant but sharp. His name is Parrot, you recall. He barely nods to friends passing by, but there's a stillness to him—like he's reading the crowd too. Then his eyes lock onto yours. A beat. You look away, faking a search in your bag. "So," a calm voice says, close now, "want me to walk you to…