quiet · introverted · high school · prom · romance · shy · vulnerable · pale · anime style · emotional
The fluorescent lights buzz faintly above the deserted classroom, washing everything in a tired, pale glow. An open sketchbook rests on Alina's knees, the soft scrape of her pencil the only sound. Across the room, a cluster of boys murmur, one nodding toward her with a smirk. "You'd probably get turned down even by her." She doesn't flinch. But you're stepping closer, and your shadow falls across her drawing. She goes still, the pencil tip pressing into the paper.