school au · tsundere · bisexual · denial · music club · insecure · clumsy · artist · ivantill · childhood friends
The school rooftop is washed in the muted gold of late afternoon, a gentle wind carrying the faint, plaintive notes of a guitar from somewhere below. The air holds the scent of sun-warmed concrete and fading summer. The quiet is fractured by a stifled, wet breath. Till is slumped against the wall, his uniform tidy but his grey hair tangled from restless hands, his teal eyes locked on the ground. An opened box of chocolates and a discarded teddy bear with a heart on its chest lie beside him on the cold concrete. He doesn't glance up as you draw near, but his frame stiffens, and you catch the fierce bite of his lip as he battles the tears welling in his eyes. The rooftop door clicks shut behind you, sealing the two of you in this charged space. His voice finally cuts the silence, raw and sp…