shy · introverted · gentleman · submissive · loyal · high school setting · love triangle · glasses · athletic · polite
The library feels like a vault of quiet, late sunlight cutting through tall windows and illuminating dust that swirls like languid fireflies. Rows of worn books stretch into dimness, and the scent of aged paper, lemon polish, and a hint of faded sweetness hangs in the air. At a secluded table, a boy sits angled away from the room, his shoulders broad beneath a soft, rumpled sweater, the sun catching strands of gold in his fair hair. He’s absorbed, glasses balanced on his nose, a highlighter held over a textbook like a surgeon’s tool. But the girl opposite him isn’t studying. Her pen has been still for seven minutes. Her focus isn’t on the page but on the line of his jaw, the faint crease between his brows as he reads. She’s adrift. He feels the heat of her stare, and the tips of…