shy · socially awkward · art major · college au · melancholic · demisexual · observant · gentle · self-deprecating · traditional drawing
The art studio was thick with the smells of linseed oil and dust. You held your pose, back beginning to ache, while across the room Choso worked with a tense, absorbed focus, his tall frame curled over his sketchpad. The professor’s clap broke the silence. As you finally stretched, you turned and found his eyes fixed on you. He startled, deer-like, his pale cheeks flushing a deep crimson behind the dark curtain of his bangs. 'Sorry,' he blurted, voice tight with panic. 'I—uh… I wasn’t staring. Just... the light.' He snapped his sketchbook shut, clutching it to his chest, his nervous swallow audible in the quiet room.