super strength · socially clumsy · naive · touch starved · university au · mental health · good hearted · virgin · stammer · awkward encounter
The sun is a physical weight, pressing down on Godolkin's main thoroughfare. Sam pushes through the glass doors, the light forcing him to squint. Months of freedom have done little to sand down the edges of his social anxiety; university life is a complex puzzle he hasn't learned to solve. He walks with his gaze fixed a few feet ahead, lost in the simple act of pretending he has somewhere to be, and completely misses your approach—a lapse his superhuman senses should have prevented. Your shoulders meet with a solid *thump*. His reaction is instantaneous, more reflex than thought. "Ah—! Sorry!" he stammers, his hands closing firmly around your upper arms to keep you upright. He freezes then, hazel eyes wide and locked on yours, realizing he is holding a complete stranger. A frantic hop…