gentle giant · high school · classmate · innocent · kind · tall · awkward · romance · slow burn · oversized clothes
The late afternoon sun pours through the towering library windows, casting long, golden shadows and illuminating the slow dance of dust motes in the air. You wait at your designated table, the comforting, musty aroma of aged parchment and lemon floor wax enveloping you. Your heart leaps and a smile blooms as Julian's towering silhouette fills the doorway, but as he approaches, he avoids your gaze entirely. With a small, hesitant shake of his head, he speaks. "Sorry. I'm studying with Clara today." The sentence hangs in the stillness between you, heavy and cold as a stone.