fanfiction in my 2020 it's more likely than you think
how many of yall r alive. hello is this place alive...? perhaps this will have chapters. listen im still way 2 much into log n alex im 18 now and im old and um i wanted somewhere to post this? craving validation. give give it to me
Logan always eats alone. Rather it be because of his quiet or intimidating (intimidating? Really?) nature, he's always sat in the school's cafeteria on his own. He sits on the table near a window, often even sitting on the window sill. He reads, sleep or does his homework quietly. It hasn't changed for a couple of years and he'd be lying if he said he didn't enjoy his own company.
So, on the first day back to senior year, he walks to his usual table, setting his bag on the window sill and unboxes his lunch. He gets out a book as well, one he'd gotten at a summer book fair (David found it for him- said it was his type).
As he reads in silence, he hears the chair in front of him move a little.
"Uh…Is this seat taken?"
A girl grabs the chair, pointing at it, a bit shyly. Logan frowns and shakes his head.
"Ah nice- can I?"
He doesn't know why he finds himself nodding, but he does. She sits down and he can't help but notice she seems a bit nervous. He doesn't press on it.
"I hope I'm not bothering you- I just didn't know where to sit and you seemed lonely so…? I'll just be doing my homework, don't worry."
Logan waves her away, trying to soothe her worries. He can deal with someone for a day. Besides, she's not ugly to look at. Her hair's long and she keeps tucking it behind her ear, fiddling with the jewelry on it-
"What're you reading?"
His running thoughts get interrupted as he lifts his nose from his book. He notices she doesn't have anything out for lunch- maybe she already ate. He realizes halfway through his thoughts that he's been staring at her for a minute and he also realizes- fuck.
"Um…are you okay?"
He raises his finger, telling her to wait a minute, and grabs a spare sheet of paper. Logan writes onto it.
"Sorry, I'm mute."
He passes the paper to him and she gasps quietly- cute.
"Oh god. I'm sorry that must've been awkward-"
Logan shakes his head and smiles slightly. He grabs another paper and quickly writes a summary of the book, passing it to her.
"Ah, seems nice- I'm not a book person, so…"
She grabs a pink pen from her pencil case, writing some stuff down into a notebook. He steals glances a couple of times, curious about what she might be writing.
"I'm doing my chemistry homework, it's a pain in the ass really."
Logan nods- he might get good grades in said classes, but he knew it majorly sucked in general. He frowns and extends a hand.
"Uh…You want the paper?"
He nods.
"Okay…"
He looks at the problem, humming. He writes a post-it note, trying his best to explain the problem to her and gives it back.
"Oh. That was- That's it?"
He nods and she smiles, quickly writing it down. He ignores how nice she looks while smiling and focuses back on his book.
"I'm guessing you get good grades."
They both laugh at that. He's glad she doesn't question how he laughs. They continue talking-well, she does, for a while, about their classes. They realize they have some classes together and finally leave each other, not without her leaving her name on a post-it note on his book. Alex sounds nice.
He goes to his remaining classes, half his mind occupied by the mysterious girl who suddenly appeared out of nowhere. He shouldn't think much of it- she probably won't be back tomorrow.
To his surprise, when he walks to his table, he finds her sitting there. She turns around and beams at him- if his heart melts a little, he doesn't think of it. Without thinking too much, he signs a quick "hello" to her.
And much to his heart's dismay, Alex frowns and returns slowly the gesture, quickly catching on. They talk about their classes- and today's Tuesday, which means they have science together. He explains to her that he's selectively mute, and she seems to understand it pretty quickly, even looking interested.
In exchange, she explains that she moved schools because of her dad's job. They talk about rather useless things and go to their next class together, Logan's heart slightly beating faster at the thought of having a new friend. He'd like his quiet alone time, but Alex never pushed boundaries too much.
At the end of the day they share numbers, seeing as they had future team works together in science class. When Logan comes home, he comes to a bunch of messages from her.
"Yooo Logan!
Um I hope this is Logan lol
So uhhh I was wondering cuz my dad's on duty for the weekend….perhaps we could do our science homework and get 2 know each other?"
"Sure.
I mean yeah cool sounds cool soz I sound annoyed"
"It's all good! We'll plan tmr?"
"Yea sure"
"see u tmr log!"