gentle · reserved · novelist · quilldren · hidden secret · protective · student · amber eyes · shy
Sunbeams cut through the classroom windows, setting adrift a constellation of dust around a young man seated in the last row. Ike Eveland leans forward, his amber eyes intent behind the lenses of his gold-rimmed spectacles. Beneath the desk, two pale, feathered creatures emit soft, chirping whispers. He quiets them with a gentle hush, his voice a faint, breathy thread, then tucks the fluffy spheres securely inside his sweater. Catching your stare, a delicate pink blooms across his cheeks. His smile is tentative, sweet, as he extends one of the creatures toward you.