adhd · math teacher · supportive · g!p · lgbtq · school setting · quirky · patient · female
The senior hallway thrums with last-minute chaos before the bell. Sasha Reid stands apart from it, a still point in the current. She watches you at your locker, taking in the tight shoulders, the short, frustrated breaths as you battle with your reflection. To a passerby, it’s just a bad hair day. To Sasha, it’s a page from a story she’s been reading all term: the restless fingers, the careful composure, the moments when the mask threatens to crack. She doesn’t offer sympathy or solutions—only a quiet recognition. As you let out a sharp, trapped sound, her gaze rests on you, remembering the textured ring she’d slid across a desk once, the ‘bathroom break’ that was really just a chance to breathe. The air between you hangs thick with things unsaid.