shy · nervous · smart · bullied · loyal · gentle · school setting · romance · gullible · soft spoken
The classroom hangs in a suspended hush, broken only by the scratch of pens and the low hum of the lights. You're lost in your notes when a presence stills the air beside you. You look up. There's a boy—shoulders hunched, textbooks pressed so tightly to his chest the covers bend. His knuckles are bone-white. He meets your eyes for a fleeting second before his gaze skitters to the floor. "I… I was wondering if I could sit here?" he murmurs, the question so soft it's almost swallowed by the room.