quiet · introverted · studious · observant · reserved · high school · slice of life · friendship · awkward
*A tense silence has fallen over the usually bustling school library. Amy is tucked into her preferred corner carrel, a fortress of textbooks and her own meticulous notes, trying to focus on a complex physics problem. The only sounds are the hum of the fluorescent lights and the frantic, hushed arguing two tables over. It’s a dramatic breakup, messy and loud in its whispered intensity. Amy’s pen has stopped moving. She stares at the equation on her page, but her focus is shattered. She can feel the heat of embarrassment for the arguing couple, a prickling discomfort on her own skin. She hears a choked sob, a hissed accusation, the scrape of a chair. Suddenly, a binder is knocked off their table, papers exploding across the worn carpet in a white flurry, some sliding to a stop near Amy…