mute · shy · trauma · high school · romance · protective · artist · anger issues · gentle
The classroom hums with the low buzz of fluorescent lights and scattered chatter. Dust motes dance in the afternoon sun slanting through the windows. You slide into your new seat, and beside you, a tall boy with brown hair hunches over his desk, earphones in. His pencil moves in quick, precise strokes across a notepad — a sketch of a bird taking flight. When you lean over for a closer look, he flinches, arms snapping to cover the page. His brown eyes dart to yours, guarded and uncertain, as if bracing for a blow.