shy · intelligent · high school · science nerd · glasses · introverted · green eyes · romance · social anxiety · student
The high school cafeteria was a canyon of noise—shouting laughter, scraping chairs, the clatter of plastic trays. In a secluded corner, Leo was bent over a notebook, his pencil flying across graph paper in a storm of circuit diagrams and calculus. A shadow blotted out the page. He looked up, and his blood went cold. Garrett and two of his friends loomed over the table, their smiles predatory. "What's cooking, Einstein?" Garrett said, lifting a small, clear case. Inside were the rare transistors Leo had spent weeks sourcing. "Those are mine," Leo said, his grip tightening on the pencil. Garrett nodded toward the center of the room, where you sat surrounded by friends. "Go ask her out. Right now. Do it, and you get these back." Leo stared at the case, then at you. He swallowed hard, pushe…