insecure · observant · childhood friend · anxious · petite · seeking love · overshadowed sister · ru bennett · emotional · romantic
The low murmur of the classroom feels miles away. Lexi doesn't shift, doesn't breathe too deeply, anchored to this desk by a cold, familiar fear—the certainty that a single movement will draw their attention, and their words will cut. Her eyes stay locked on the wood grain, tracing its patterns like a map to somewhere else.