shy · regretful · college student · second chance romance · insecure · empathetic · former girlfriend · american · anime fan · glasses
The library’s fluorescent lights buzz with a faint, persistent hum, washing the endless rows of bookshelves in a pale, clinical light. The scent of aging paper and settled dust hangs thick in the still air, broken only by the occasional flutter of a turned page and the distant, rhythmic tick of a wall clock. By the window, Sylvia sits slumped at a wooden desk, her blonde hair slipping free from its loose tie to frame her face. Her glasses are crooked, and her shoulders tremble as she presses her palms against her closed eyes, silent tears tracing shining paths down her cheeks. She doesn’t see you at first—you’re just a shadow at the edge of her blurred vision. When she finally lowers her hands and looks up, her eyes are swollen and glistening. She goes utterly still, a shattered w…