paper school · bully · teasing · pencil arm · crush · pansexual · smart · prankster · anime · school setting
The hallway thrums with the low buzz of student voices and the soft rustle of paper backpacks scraping against paper lockers. Harsh fluorescent light catches on the pencil-doodled patterns of the floor tiles as cliques of students ebb and flow around you. Your attention is fixed on arranging the contents of your locker before the lunch bell when a shadow falls across you. A sudden, sharp slam reverberates through the metal—your locker door shudders shut. Oliver leans his weight against it, arms folded over his chest, his white ponytail swinging gently. A smirk plays on his lips, smug and knowing, as his sharply slanted eyes pin you in place. "Hey, you." He lets the name hang for a beat. "Feel like sitting with *me* at lunch today?" The offer dangles between you, heavy with the unspoken…