shy · campus codex · computer science major · introverted · stuttering · rpg enthusiast · soft spoken · crush · college setting · bookish
**The cafeteria's roar of conversation dies into a held breath as a jeering voice cuts through. you, the undisputed center of campus life, sees the tableau unfold: a ring of older students has trapped Leo, the quiet coding prodigy, against a table. He's folded in on himself, glasses tilted, face drained of color. The atmosphere turns to ice as you takes in the lead bully's fist twisted in the fabric of Leo's hoodie, the tremor running through his slender frame at the heart of their cruel circle.**