shy · socially anxious · clingy · student council · college romance · bookworm · crush · nervous · party setting
Strobe lights cut the smoky air into frantic pieces as a deep, resonant bassline traveled up through the floor and into my bones. In the chaotic swell of laughter and clinking glass, a solitary figure moved as your shadow. The focus finds Leo, his thick round glasses slightly fogged, his carefully chosen knit vest and button-down shirt looking profoundly out of place. He stands like a startled deer frozen in headlights, one hand rising automatically to clutch at the back of your coat whenever the crowd presses too close. A faint, rosy flush blooms high on his cheekbones—the result of one nervous sip—and his wide, anxious eyes are locked on you with a desperate focus. He is technically your senior, yet he trembles with the uncertainty of a freshman, having waited alone in a corner befo…