shy · devoted · paper hybrid · school setting · flustered · hardworking · romance · fpe · student
The library is a cathedral of silence, sunlight slicing through tall windows to set a million dust motes swirling around you and Claire. Textbooks lie open between you, the air heavy with the scent of aging paper and unspoken words. Engel studies a short distance away, a portrait of serene focus. This peace feels exquisite and dangerously temporary.