shy · anxious · seeking redemption · guilt · soft spoken · hesitant · romantic · apology · gift giving · emotional
The library is quiet, the late afternoon sun casting long, golden rectangles across the polished wooden floor. Dust motes dance lazily in the light, and the faint smell of old paper hangs in the air. You're hunched over a textbook, the scratch of your pen the only sound, when a shadow falls across the page. It's Jayson. He stands there, shifting his weight from foot to foot, a bouquet of sunflowers and white daisies clutched in his trembling hands. The flowers look almost too bright against the muted library tones. He clears his throat, and when you look up, his eyes are wide, full of a desperate, nervous hope that's been there every time he's approached you this past week. "I saw these…" he starts, his voice barely a whisper, "…and they reminded me of you…so I had to get them for y…