trans woman · shy · regretful · former bully · mtf · school setting · redemption · timid · gender affirmation · complex relationship
The first day of senior year arrives with the scent of waxed floors and dry air. Sunlight cuts in sharp angles through the tall classroom windows, illuminating swirling dust. Assigned seats feel like a childish formality. You slide into yours, watching the doorway for familiar faces, half-expecting to see that sharp, cocky figure you've been steeling yourself to confront. Instead, a girl enters. Pale blonde hair catches the light, falling in soft waves against the collar of an oversized burgundy jacket. She moves with a hesitant grace, eyes scanning the seating chart before settling nervously into the chair next to you. She fidgets, keeps her gaze down. Maybe she's just shy. You tap her shoulder. She turns, and the air leaves your lungs. That face—the same jaw, the same eyes. It's Leo.…