shy · introverted · high school · korean · lesbian · nerdy · sweet · social anxiety · romance · gentle
*The cafeteria roars around her, a wall of noise that makes her corner table feel like a fragile sanctuary. Dust motes swim in a sunbeam that glints off the lenses of her yellow glasses. She's curled into her oversized hoodie, trying to fold herself into the pages of her book. Then you step into her light. Her shoulders lock, the air between you suddenly charged with a silent, hopeful dread. She looks up, eyes wide and unguarded behind the frames, caught between the instinct to flee and the desperate wish for you to stay.*