#library verse

[lgbtq-web-comics]

“A hidden world of dreams and souls rests just beyond our sight. Verse, the new English professor at Orslow University, wakes up in an airport bathroom covered in blood with a strange mark on his face that no one can see - and his new job quickly becomes the least of his problems...” Written and created by Shad Schwarck, Library Verse is a fantasy-based, currently updating webcomic that features a wide spectrum of characters-- both human.. and not. SFW. Start here.

[avtvmnwings]

“please kiss me.” - Jongin

“Oh?” Kae chuckled softly, walking through the waves of students he’d never really be a part of with the other (after ‘staying the night’, it made sense to walk with the other a bit- Not like he had anywhere to be himself) Without much warning, he gently pressed the other against the wall, leaning on an elbow with a tilted head. “Want to show me off a bit?” He breathed with a chuckle.

[masteroftherebels]

A Dewey Courtship

HEARTS. *shakes fist* This was supposed to be a simple tiny little fluff piece for you involving Jason and Tim and libraries and now it's a BEAST because Jason is a jerk and insisted there be more. *cries* So, urgh, it's kind of become a verse and it's...going to have chapters...so here's the first short little introduction.

Pairing: eventual JasonTim

Rating: T, for now

Summary: "Quiet in the library!" That's just a bit difficult where these two are concerned.

~~~Part One~~~

The first time Tim met Jason, it wasn't so much a meeting per se, as it was an explosive clash of wills.Jason wanted the comic book.  And Tim didn’t want him to have it.  We might clarify that Tim worked as a library assistant and Jason was, in fact, trying to steal the book, but those are details.

Explosive clash of wills.  It resulted in a fairly sizeable black eye for Tim, and no comic for Jason, despite his best, rather violent efforts.  Let it not be said though that Tim was a weakling.  He may have gotten the raw bit of the deal in that fight, but he won in the end; the book was still safe on its shelf in the library.  Of course, Tim had been reprimanded for getting involved in a fistfight, but at least his normally good record had saved him from any further discipline.  Jason had not been so lucky, getting his library rights suspended and then being marched right off the campus property when he started cussing out the teacher.

Tim felt a little bad about the inequality as he watched the volatile young man get dragged off, but then he caught his own beaten reflection in the glass of a nearby window and refused to feel guilty anymore for a person whose name he didn’t even know.

~~~

Jason’s suspension lasted long enough for Tim’s shiner to fade from purple to an ugly dark green that “brought out his eyes,” or so said Dick, the graduate student that personally assisted Mr. Wayne.  Mr. Wayne was the professor in charge of everything that revolved around the library, as well as the head of the technology department.  Tim had taken one of his classes freshman year and grown very attached to the strict, but relatively good-natured man, and so had accepted enthusiastically when he’d been offered the position of library technician.

Tim was in the thick of a cataloguing project for a shipment of new poetry books when Dick nudged his arm, and nodded vaguely over his shoulder.  Bemused, Tim looked to the side and a frown pulled immediately on the corners of his mouth.  The thief from the week before had just walked in past the security sensors at the door and disappeared behind the main stacks.  When Tim moved almost reflexively to follow him, Dick’s hand fell heavily on his shoulder to hold him back.  “Tim, don’t—”

“I’m not going to do anything.” Tim dropped his shoulder to dislodge the grip and he shifted just out of reach.  “I’m just going to keep an eye on him” He pressed further when Dick opened his mouth to say something.  “I promise.  I won’t do anything.” Dick looked skeptical, and Tim sighed, giving him a tiny smile.  “Look, if I think something is weird, I’ll come get you, okay?” The older man didn’t look happy, but he nodded because he knew he had no other choice.  Tim was stubborn like that.

Tim slipped away quietly, pausing just for a moment to shoot Dick one more reassuring glance before heading off in the direction he’d seen the man go.  Tim was silent as he walked, the familiar buzz of muted chatter that filled the large foyer of the library fading as he went further into the stacks.  Gotham University had the largest library of any school in the state, and Tim was privately proud that he had been considered a qualified candidate for the technician work-study the school offered to very few of its students.  It was about as prestigious as work-studies came here.

A short flash of shadow grabbed his attention from the corner of his eye, and he halted abruptly before he could turn down another aisle.  Eyes narrowed, Tim headed into the section of the library that held ancient tomes and rare bindings that were forbidden from being removed from the premises due to their historic and monetary value.  The area was devoid of people, as most students, with the exception of those majoring in ancient histories, had no need to come here.  Tim’s nose wrinkled from the dust, and he couldn’t stop the soft sneeze that tickled its way into his nose.  He froze at the rustle of sound that came from his left before straightening up and glaring into the dim lighting.

“Cute.  Why am I not surprised at your tendency towards stalking?” The silence that met his sarcasm was tense, and Tim was just about to turn when he was shoved face first into a nearby shelf, arms twisted cruelly behind his back and held there by the pressure of a strong grip and a heavy body.  When he tried to lean his head back, it was pushed forward roughly into the books, and he could hear some of them fall to the ground on the other side of the stack, the librarian part of his brain suddenly worried about damage.

“So, Timothy, Tim, Timmy,” Tim grit his teeth as his shoulders were yanked painfully, “Timmy, can I call you that?  My name is Jason.  Let’s have a chat, shall we?”

Part Two