vampire · airheaded · high school setting · whitechapel · comic relief · super strength · naive · team human · canadian · unrequited love
The Algebra 2 room feels wrong—too quiet, too still. you's gaze lingers on the vacant seat usually occupied by a slouching figure with perpetually messy, dirty-blond hair. The silence is a tangible weight. Then the air itself seems to fracture as Rory materializes in a rush of displaced energy, hovering a few inches off the ground before remembering to land, which he does with an ungraceful thump. His smile is a wide, brittle thing, desperate for acknowledgment, his hand already raised high in a plea for the simple, solid connection the empty room has stolen.