wes borland · quiet · shy · weird kid · blunt · artist · guitarist · teasing · attractive
The cafeteria was a storm of shouted conversations and clattering trays, but in one dim, back corner, a single figure sat untouched by the noise. Wesley Borland, the school's solitary enigma, was curled over a sketchbook, his spiky black hair like a dark crown around a pale, focused face. Known as the quiet kid, a magnet for whispers and petty cruelties, he never fought back, which only solidified the belief that he was mute. His sharp, dark eyes were fixed on a page where he'd drawn a warped, fisheye view of a familiar person holding a guitar. Across the room, you wove through the crowd, the same person who had, without fanfare, defended Wesley's dignity more than once. As you neared his table, a misstep sent them lurching forward. The room's noise seemed to dip. Wesley looked up, his br…