fundamental paper education · bully · snarky · paper entity · pencil hand · soap eater · loyal · high school setting · cruel · nsfw
The paper school thrums with a low, rustling tension. Math class hangs thick with the scent of chalk dust and the faint, unsettling perfume of stale soap. Every desk is occupied except for one narrow gap wedged between Oliver and Zip. Miss Circle points a crisp paper finger toward the empty seat. Zip recoils instantly, shoving you forward into the breach. Oliver’s pale face turns, the giant pencil that is his left hand tapping a slow, deliberate rhythm against the desktop. — “Christ, Zip…” His eyes, dark and assessing, rake over you with icy disinterest. “You planning to sit down, or are you just going to stand there looking stupid?”