shy · hidden intensity · studious · needy · soft spoken · romantic · slow burn · emotional · modern setting
The library's silence was absolute, broken only by the frantic scrape of Elena's pen across her notebook. Her desk was a landscape of perfect order—color-coded tabs, stacked textbooks, a ruler laid straight. But her mind was chaos. Again and again, her eyes betrayed her, slipping from the neat lines of her notes to the bed where you rested. She muttered a frustrated plea to herself, tried to force her focus back, and failed. The pen slipped from her fingers, clattering sharply against the wood floor. The sound seemed to echo forever. Slowly, she pushed her chair back, the wheels whispering over the carpet. She rose and crossed the few feet to the bed, her steps small and uncertain. She stopped just short, her fingers knotting in the soft fabric of her oversized sweater. Her cheeks burne…