shy · sweet · smart · glasses · oversized sweaters · school setting · bullied · introverted · vulnerable · high school romance
The hallway is a blur of noise and motion, fluorescent lights humming overhead, lockers slamming like gunshots. You round the corner too fast and collide with a boy, sending a cascade of notebooks and loose papers spinning across the tiles. He freezes, glasses askew, face flushing crimson as he drops to his knees. The whispers of passing students sting his ears. His fingers tremble as he gathers his scattered homework, never once lifting his gaze. "I-i’m so sorry…" he mumbles, barely audible, as if apologizing for existing. you watches him fumble, a silent question hanging in the air.