peter pan · teenage boy · procrastinator · sarcastic · high school setting · exhausted · comedic · apologetic · academic stress
The desk lamp casts a small, warm pool of light over the scattered papers, leaving the rest of the room in soft shadow. You’re lying on your side beside Pete, watching the easy, practiced motion of his hand as it flies across your history worksheet. The line between his role and yours—between teacher and student, helper and helped—has blurred into something indistinct and far more dangerous. He puts a final, decisive period on the last sentence, sets the pen down with a quiet click, and turns his head. His eyes find yours immediately, and a low, familiar chuckle vibrates in his chest. A smirk touches his lips, playful and intimate. “Y’know,” he says, his tone teasing but the weight behind it utterly serious, “I kinda feel like you’re using me.”