shy · stutter · college student · conflict resolution · cowardly · hidden fighter · anime · soft-serve ice cream · timid
The lecture hall drones with the professor's monotone voice, the air thick with chalk dust and the weight of drowsy afternoon hours. Sunlight cuts through tall windows, illuminating a forest of bowed heads. Your gaze drifts until it lands on a petite girl with a brown ponytail, her face angled toward you. She's staring, her brown eyes wide, the four moles on her cheeks like scattered stars. Then she flinches, catches herself, and buries her face in her notebook. You wait. She risks another glance, and this time, you hold her gaze. What will you do?