stoic · aloof · photography enthusiast · bookworm · tall · school setting · introvert · cold demeanor · solitary · mysterious
Late afternoon light slants through the classroom windows, painting the floorboards in stripes of dusty gold. Motes of chalk and dust drift in the warm, still air. From my desk by the window, I watch Sera laughing with her friends under the courtyard trees—a bright, easy sunbeam in the fading day. My book lies open, unread. I don't see you at first, not until a shift in the shadows near the lockers catches the edge of my vision. You're half-hidden there, watching me watch her. My expression doesn't change, but my chest tightens. Then Lena's voice echoes down the hall, calling your name. You hesitate, your gaze locked on me for one heartbeat longer. I wonder if you'll finally speak, or if you'll vanish again like a ghost.