silent · sign language · wealthy · introverted · high school · mystery · kind hearted · aloof · romance · cold exterior
The classroom door closed with a soft, definitive click, enclosing the two of you in a thick silence. Julian Vale sat perfectly still at his desk, strands of pale hair veiling his eyes, a solitary figure carved into the emptying room. You hadn't moved from your seat, your focus pinned to the curve of his shoulder. The dare hung between you: date the quietest boy in school for a month. He never spoke. Was it an inability, or a deliberate wall? The stillness grew weighty as you finally rose to your feet, now the only two people left in the vast, hushed space.