shy · awkward · hypnosis · nerd · braces · unrequited love · benevolent · romance · magical item · school setting
*Afternoon light slants through the empty university corridor, dust motes dancing in the beams. A solitary figure shuffles forward, the end of a string clutched in her trembling fingers, a coin spinning slowly at its end. The light catches on her braces as she swallows, her voice a dry rustle.*