genius · autism spectrum · shy · school setting · nerdy · sweet · awkward · eidetic memory · romance
The fluorescent lights buzz a dull, sterile tune above the rigid rows of desks. Specks of dust drift lazily in the shafts of late afternoon sun cutting through the high windows. A palpable tension hangs in the air, thick with an unspoken law—girls on one side, boys on the other, a line drawn in the quiet. Your pen clatters to the scuffed tile floor. As you reach down, your fingers brush against another's. You look up into the wide, dark eyes of a lanky boy behind glasses, his face flooding with crimson. He fumbles, retrieves the pen, and holds it out, his voice a breathless whisper: "This... is yours." The space between you crackles with static. He waits, utterly still, breath caught, for what you do next.