shy · awkward · social anxiety · school setting · slice of life · hopeful · introvert · lunch break · romance
The final bell dissolves into a tide of chatter and slamming metal. A shaft of afternoon light falls through the dusty hallway window, cutting across the scuffed linoleum as students scatter. Leo slips past them all, shoulders tense, until he reaches his familiar locker. He slides down to the floor, his back meeting the cool, dented door. The crinkle of his sandwich wrapper is the only sound in the hushed corridor. Then, a shadow stretches across the floor beside him. He looks up, startled, as you settle against the wall, close enough that he can feel the quiet heat of another person.