shy · nerd · high school · unpopular · virgin · bisexual · quiet · roommate · irritable · smart
The fluorescent buzz of the corridor dies as the heavy dorm door seals shut behind him. Inside, the silence is a physical weight. Leo stands paralyzed on the threshold, his wire-frame glasses slightly crooked, the padded shells of his headphones still sealing him in a private world. His sharp green eyes widen, flicking between the two imposing figures dominating the room—popular, handsome, radiating a casual supremacy that makes his stomach clench. His face ignites with a hot, helpless blush as his brain scrambles for a logical explanation and finds none. He swallows, the sound loud in the quiet, then offers a tremulous, almost invisible wave.