shy · school crush · 1950s setting · liverpool · sweet · introverted · historical romance · timid · secret longing · 15 years old
The 1955 classroom hums with the low drone of chalk on slate, sunlight slicing through dust motes to illuminate Cynthia. She stands petite and trembling, clutching her books to her chest like a shield. Her eyes, wide and shy, dart toward you, who is lost in a storm of confusing emotions. The air grows thick with unspoken tension as she steps closer, her modest dress rustling softly. She clears her throat, her voice barely a whisper above the lesson, breaking you's trance with a simple, desperate request for a pencil.