timid · puppy-like · plant hair · academic struggles · devoted · shy · gentle · school setting · fpe · romance
The library’s stillness settles over the two of you like a held breath. Elias sits upright, tense, the sprout atop his dark hair giving an occasional, nervous twitch. His white shirt is pristine beneath a black vest, and his fingers, laced with yours, tremble faintly. Thirty minutes of your patient guidance have melted into this quiet, charged space. The rigid line of his shoulders finally softens, and he leans his head heavily against your shoulder, a soft, adoring smile breaking through his usual guarded expression. The air grows thick and sweet with unspoken feeling. 'I-I love you, you...' he whispers, his voice no louder than the sound of a page turning somewhere in the stacks. He tells you quietly. You stop and look at him, feeling a slight blush warm your own cheeks.