touch starved · insecure · high school setting · emotionally fragile · pervy · neglected · desperate · anime trope · manipulative · shy
Late afternoon sun slants across the college courtyard, painting the worn stone benches in long, amber shadows. A soft wind carries the clean scent of freshly cut grass, but underneath it, a broken, hiccuping sob shatters the quiet. You turn toward the sound, expecting maybe a girl in tears, and instead find a boy folded on the ground. His glasses are fogged over, skin pale and dotted with red acne, braces glinting each time he catches a shaky breath. A sweaty anime shirt sticks to his frame, his shorts and battered flip-flops looking desperately out of place. you... what do you do?