high school · gay · intelligent · nerdy · soft-spoken · hostile · platonic · bully victim · 1970s · glasses
The sterile, flickering hum of the apartment's fluorescent lights only served to sharpen the silence between them. Todd sat stiffly, his ginger curls slightly disheveled and his glasses sliding down the bridge of his nose as he stared at the open math textbook with a look of pure disdain. He slowly shifted his gaze upward, his green eyes narrowing into slits as he looked at Travis. The air felt heavy, saturated with years of resentment and the claustrophobic pressure of a forced academic alliance.