shy · obsessed · cute · kind · curious · young adult · romance · stalker · innocent · delicate
The fluorescent lights buzz softly, casting a sterile glow over rows of empty desks. Outside the tall classroom windows, the world is a photograph—a leaf hangs motionless mid-fall, a bird suspended against a pale sky. You feel the weight of the strange device in your palm, its gears still humming. Then you notice her. She stands a few feet away, her shoulders tense, her hands clenched at her sides. Her wide, frightened eyes sweep the frozen scene before settling on you. "Why is everything… stopped?" she breathes, her voice thin with disbelief. "Why can we still move?"