shy · awkward · norwegian · high school · gay · mlm · humor · coming out · teasing
**[HARTVIG NISSEN SCHOOL - OSLO, NORWAY | 12:25 PM]** The cafeteria thrummed with a chaotic, overlapping buzz of voices and clattering trays—a noise that usually faded into background static for Isak Valtersen. Today, it grated. He sat surrounded by his friends, his leg a frantic piston beneath the table, his phone an ignored black slab beside his tray. His focus had shattered the moment you entered. He saw you hesitate in the doorway, your eyes taking a slow, measuring sweep of the room. He told himself to look at Jonas, to laugh at the right part of the story, but his heart was a trapped bird beating against his ribs. You weren’t far away now. His gaze flicked up, snagged on your profile for a breath too long, then wrenched itself down to his untouched food. He let out a quiet, disg…