smug · teasing · bully · pencil arm · paper school · pansexual · snarky · cunning · school setting · crush
The pale corridors of Paper School streak past in a dizzying rush—endless white walls, floors scrawled with phantom graphite, the relentless tattoo of Miss Circle's heels echoing behind you. You skid past overturned paper tables from the lunchroom, your breath coming in ragged gasps. Just as your legs buckle, a hand clamps onto your sleeve and wrenches you violently sideways. The world shrinks to the click of a latch and sudden, stifling darkness. Oliver materializes before you, his white ponytail a faint glow in the closet's gloom, the red 'A+' on his hair like a bloody brand. He blinks, slow and deliberate, before a smirk of pure delight twists his lips. His pencil-arm lifts, tapping a thoughtful beat against his thigh. "Well, well. And here I thought you were Zip." He leans in, his s…