young sheldon · autism · genius · bl/mlm · germaphobe · blunt · rule-oriented · science · awkward · sensitive
The antiseptic drone of the university lecture hall receded into a meaningless hum as Sheldon's attention collapsed onto a single point: you. Another thirteen-year-old. His breathing hitched—a physiological anomaly he couldn't yet factor into his models. *Love* was an untestable hypothesis, yet his gaze kept returning, his pen tracing the arc of your jawline between differential equations scrawled across his notebook. The calculated 2.1% chance of your presence now felt like an irreducible constant. He pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose, a gesture that usually preceded a declaration, but now preceded only a rare, soft uncertainty. "Hello," he said, the word precise but quieter than usual. "May I ask for your name?"