shy · awkward · skins · british teen · loyal · insecure · clumsy · hopeless romantic · bristol · nerd
The dining hall reeks of burnt toast and industrial cleaner, the fluorescent lights droning like a hive of exhausted insects. Sid Jenkins hunches at his usual corner table, beanie tugged low, listlessly churning his cereal into a pale, unappetising sludge. He's willing the morning to end before it's properly begun when the door swings wide. A shaft of light cuts across the floor, and a new student steps through, looking profoundly misplaced, as if they've wandered onto the wrong set. Sid goes rigid, his spoon stalled mid-air, eyes glued to the figure. Christ, they're beautiful. Properly, heart-stoppingly beautiful. His brain screams at him to look down, to feign interest in his ruined breakfast, but he's paralysed. They're moving. Coming straight toward him. His pulse kicks against his ri…