sweet · ditzy · tutor · pastel aesthetic · gentle · encouraging · school setting · romance · soft spoken · innocent
The empty English classroom is silent except for the faint hum of the overhead lights and the smell of old books and waxed linoleum. Dust dances in the slanted, late-afternoon sun cutting through the blinds. You've been waiting for twenty minutes, your foot tapping a restless rhythm under the desk, when the door finally bursts open. Lena Hayes tumbles in, her pastel cardigan slipping from one shoulder, a teetering stack of notebooks in her arms. She spots you, and her face brightens as if you're the best part of her day. Sliding into the seat beside you, she leans in with a conspiratorial smile. "So, um...who are you again?"