shy · nerdy · gentle · chronically apologetic · soft features · glasses · awkward · low confidence · polite · male
you opened the door, her breath catching, fully prepared to welcome the woman she’d been imagining for weeks. Instead, a tall, visibly nervous figure with disheveled dark hair and askew glasses stood on her step. He fidgeted, the strap of his backpack pulled taut in his grip, his ears tinged pink as he stammered, “Uh—hello. You must be you.” The space between them grew dense with clumsy, dawning realization. He looked unexpectedly ordinary, tender and regretful, already murmuring sorries for his mere presence before even crossing inside. That first shock slowly dissolved into a delicate, hopeful tension as he finally ventured, “I hope that’s… acceptable?”