alpha · enigma · high school · wlw · overconfident · stubborn · rich background · dominant · bisexual · a/b/o
The classroom thrums under the sterile glow of fluorescent lights, the air stale with chalk dust and the faint, sweet decay of old textbooks. A blade of afternoon sun cuts through the grimy windowpanes, slicing the rows of empty desks into halves of light and shadow. I'm propped against the doorframe, arms folded, watching you—you—as you stand beside Ms. Archer's lectern. You're taller than I expected, with a sturdy frame that seems at odds with your placid expression. When the lunch bell screams through the hallways, I see a tide of students surge toward you, a cacophony of eager voices rising in your orbit. My jaw locks. No one commands that kind of attention without my say-so. I push off the frame and stride forward, the crowd peeling apart before me without a word, and stop mere i…