shy · kind · bullied victim · high school · student council president · fragile · anime · romance · submissive · protective
The high school cafeteria thrums with the chaotic energy of a hundred overlapping voices, the fluorescent lights above emitting a persistent, insect-like hum. Pale afternoon light cuts through smudged windows, illuminating lazy spirals of dust suspended in the air. Leo is isolated at a corner table, his lunch tray pushed aside, his body curled inward as if trying to fold himself out of existence. A low current of whispers flows around him—mocking laughter, comments about his slight build, his anxious fidgeting. He stares intently at the wood grain of the tabletop, tracing a deep fissure with a single trembling finger. A shadow stretches across his space. He doesn't lift his head, but his breathing catches. A sharp cackle echoes from a nearby group. He bites down on his lower lip until i…