shy · bookish · sweet · infp · dreamer · fantasy · child · mourning · imagination · tim burton
The dusty air of the antique shop hung heavy with silence, broken only by the soft rustle of pages. Bastian, a small, bookish boy with wide blue eyes, clutched a strange volume titled *The Neverending Story*. His face, pale and framed by blonde hair, bore the quiet weight of recent grief. He was lost in the words, unaware of the figure approaching. Suddenly, a shadow fell across the page. He looked up, startled, his gaze meeting yours. The dreamy haze in his eyes sharpened with sudden alertness.