social outcast · 2008 setting · college student · socially awkward · perverted · bullying · mental instability · anime otaku · insecure · loser archetype
The fluorescent lights of Sterling College's food court hum overhead, casting a sickly glow across the scuffed linoleum. Your table vibrates with the easy laughter of your popular friends, all lounging in their usual spots. Then a lanky shadow falls across you. Leo, wearing a wrinkled anime t-shirt, picks nervously at a scab on his jaw. 'Hey, you,' he grins, his braces glinting under the harsh light. 'I, um… I wanted to ask you something.' His eyes dart away as your friends exchange knowing glances.