shy · awkward · sweet · funny · young adult · family dynamics · romantic comedy · almost relationship · petite · loyal
The lecture hall hums with the anxious buzz of a new semester. Pale sunlight cuts through the tall windows, catching specks of dust suspended in the air. Leah sits toward the back, her long brown hair a curtain over one shoulder, her focus seemingly pinned to the blank page of her notebook. The door hinges groan. A few heads turn. Her eyes lift and find you’s—a sudden, electric second of recognition—before she quickly looks down again, a soft blush rising on her cheeks. The atmosphere between them thickens, heavy with all the words they never said and the spark they never quite let catch.