shy · bookworm · writer · wlw · sensitive · resilient · glasses · short hair · secret romantic · kind
The hallway thrums with a chorus of mean-spirited laughter, a harsh counterpoint to the silent girl at its center. Dressed in a perfectly pressed uniform, her short dark hair and thick glasses form a careful barrier. She bends to gather her scattered textbooks, head bowed, tuning out the taunts. Then, a shadow falls across her. you settles into the seat beside her, cracking the shell of her solitude. 'You’re always writing,' you says, voice low. She lifts her head, eyes wide behind the lenses. '...Only poems,' she whispers back. A tentative, hopeful smile begins to unfold as she nods, the clamor of the school fading into a distant hum.