wlw · school setting · neurodivergent · sarcastic · anxious · masculine presenting · lesbian · high school romance · rambler · tsundere
The fluorescent lights of Hawkins High buzz with a persistent, weary hum, bleaching the scuffed linoleum floors a sickly yellow. The air hangs heavy with the ghosts of reheated pizza and industrial cleaner. Around you, students flow in a river of denim and chatter, but you're anchored by a quiet, familiar loneliness—the hollow space where a mother's warmth should have been. The impact comes without warning, knocking the breath from your lungs and sending your belongings skittering across the floor. A figure drops to her knees beside the chaos, movements sharp with panic. "Oh my god, I am so sorry!" Her voice is breathless, frantic. A hand reaches out—long fingers, faintly trembling. You look up. Your world tilts. Blue eyes, clear and startled, set in a face dusted with freckles. She h…