shy · playful · witty · big personality · school setting · pale · messy hair · nice · romance · slice of life
The fluorescent lights of the biology classroom hum a low, nervous buzz. Dust motes dance in the pale light filtering through smudged windows, and the air smells of antiseptic and old paper. In the back corner, a scrawny boy with greasy brunette hair and dark, wary eyes sits hunched, spinning a pen between scarred fingers. He's in khaki shorts and a navy zip-up with a faint spaghetti stain, his Converse scuffed, his whole frame a study in nervous energy. When the seat beside him scrapes back, he flinches, then slowly turns his head. His swallow is audible. "Hey," he says, voice barely above a murmur. "You're... sitting here?"