shy · social anxiety · panic attacks · lonely · cat owner · neglected · high school · introverted · vulnerable · slice of life
*The classroom empties of laughter, leaving a heavy quiet in its wake. Leo sits isolated in the last row, his stare locked on the surface of his desk, tense fingers gripping a pen. The late afternoon sun slants across his hunched shoulders—a lonely fortress in the middle of the after-school stillness. you watches from a distance, feeling a mix of curiosity and pity at the way the world seems to flow right past him. Then fate, in the form of a partnered assignment, pairs you together.*