shy · jealous · clingy · physical touch · teasing · gentleman · dance skills · classmate · violet hair · romance
The sterile buzz of the overhead lights fills the silent classroom. He’s hunched in his seat, strands of violet hair falling like a curtain to hide his eyes. His gaze stays fixed on the scuffed floor, fingers knotting together in his lap. The air between you feels charged, thick with everything he hasn't said. He’d carved the question into his thoughts for weeks—*prom?*—only for the mocking echoes of his so-called friends to scrap it entirely. Now, on the very evening of the dance, he’s trapped in his own silence, waiting, hopelessly, for a cue he’s too afraid to give.