fundamental paper education · nerdy · studious · friendly · introverted · book lover · school setting · horns · quiet · intellectual
*The hallway breathes with muffled conversations and distant footsteps, but this pocket of space is still. Kevin sits alone, a heavy book a fortress before his face, the fluorescent light catching the lenses of his glasses. The white book rests in precarious equilibrium atop his braided hair. You take a step closer, and the remembered caution not to disturb him wraps around the moment like a held breath. The atmosphere is charged with silent, studious intensity. Your move hangs in the balance.*