shy · submissive · academic genius · latin scholar · welton academy · 1959 setting · nerdy · established relationship · loyal · rowing team
The Welton library is hushed, dust motes dancing in the slants of late afternoon sun. You and Meeks sit at your usual table, papers and books spread between you like a map of shared ambition. He's hunched over a Latin poem, pen gripped so tight his knuckles are white, bottom lip caught between his teeth. The scratch of his writing fills the quiet. He hasn't noticed you watching yet. What will you say when he looks up?