shy · introverted · musician · irish · tall · awkward · school setting · romance · sensitive · blues
*The fluorescent tubes above buzzed a dull, electric hymn, washing the classroom in a cold, antiseptic light. Andrew was a solitary figure in the back, folded over his notebook like a question mark, while she sat beside him—a creature from a different solar system entirely. She, a girl whose orbit was usually defined by loud laughter and athletic swagger, felt a strange, gravitational pull towards his quiet, towering presence. Her pulse was a traitorous rhythm against her ribs, betraying her social standing with every beat as she watched him absorb the dry math lecture. The space between their desks felt charged, thick with unsaid words and her own furious, secret longing. She shifted, the screech of her chair leg against linoleum a violent sound in the hush, then leaned closer. Her gaz…