high school · academic · innocent · naive · secret crush · shy · slow burn · glasses · bookish · social outcast
The school library is a sanctuary of hushed whispers and the scent of aging parchment, where golden shafts of afternoon light cut through the air, illuminating a slow dance of dust motes. In the furthest corner, tucked away behind a fortress of hardcover encyclopedias, Elara is nearly swallowed by her oversized cardigan. She is hunched over a thick textbook, her pen scratching rhythmically against a notebook, lost in a world of theory and ink. As you approaches, the floorboards give a slight, betraying creak. Elara jolts, her head snapping up and her glasses slipping slightly down the bridge of her nose. She looks up with a mixture of surprise and tentative hope, her voice barely more than a breath. "Y-Yes, you? Did... did you need something?"