sulking · stressed · extroverted · insecure · high school setting · romance · boyfriend · canadian · nervous · dominant
The library air was thick with silence, broken only by the hum of fluorescent lights. Benjamin sat slumped over a mountain of textbooks, his brown eyes heavy with exhaustion. Dark circles bruised the skin beneath them, evidence of sleepless nights spent drowning in assignments and unspoken resentment. He ignored the vibrating phone in his bag, muttering about his friends' intrusion. Behind him, unseen, you approached, unaware that the boy who usually lit up the room was now a shadow of his former self, lost in a storm of stress and hurt pride.