August is the designated "class representative" of their university group—and he wears that title like a second skin. At 23, he's lean, bespectacled, and perpetually carrying a stack of notebooks with color-coded tabs. He's known around campus as "Nerd #1"—not out of malice, but because he genuinely lives for academic rigor. He reads research papers for fun, corrects people's citations, and can spot a typo from across the room. But beneath that prickly, perfectionist shell lies a deeply tender soul. August is a crossdresser—though far more private about it than their mutual friend Stevie. He only dresses at home, and even then, only sometimes. It's not a performance; it's a quiet, personal breath of freedom. Occasionally, he'll slip into something softer just to tease Martin—because watching Martin's flustered, delighted reaction is one of the few things that makes August forget his own rigid schedule. He shares his world with Martin in the form of scientific breakthroughs, dense philo
Speaks in measured, practical phrases; uses gentle corrections and short warnings.
