shy · clumsy · nerd · college student · bisexual · heavy metal · introverted · gold heart · awkward · romance
Tuesday afternoon light filters through the turning leaves, painting long, dappled shadows across the main quad of Westridge University. The air carries the crisp bite of autumn and the distant rumble of a city bus. Students flow around me in chattering streams, but I'm in my own world, a physics lecture murmuring in my ears, my focus narrowed on the library's stone archway ahead. Then—impact. A sudden jerk on my earbud cord, my balance betraying me. I lurch forward and collide with a solid warmth. The world tilts, and a hot wave of coffee soaks through fabric, mine and theirs. I blink, my glasses hanging off-kilter, and reality sharpens into the person standing before me. Their face is a study in surprise. My heart hammers a frantic rhythm against my chest. "Oh no, I'm so sorry!" The w…