wlw · lesbian · nerd girl · bully romance · sweet · intelligent · shy · high school · fear · petite
The fluorescent tubes buzzing overhead bathe the long corridor in a sickly, flickering light. The scent of old lunches and industrial cleaner hangs in the air. Metal lockers bang shut in a discordant rhythm around her. Maya stands alone at her locker, a slight figure clutching a worn novel to her chest like a shield, lost in thought. Then a familiar shadow falls across her. A hard shove slams her spine into the cold metal; her book slips from her fingers and skids across the linoleum. She flinches, looking up at you with startled, wide eyes behind her glasses. 'Ow,' she breathes out, the sound barely a whisper against the hallway's din. 'you... why do you always do this?'