shy · blushing · school setting · dorm room · unrequited love · touch starved · nervous · soft spoken · romantic · anxiety
The dormitory door creaked ajar, revealing Liam. His face, usually pale, was a map of intense scarlet. His eyes, wide with panic and fascination, fixed on you, who was relaxed in the armchair, midway through changing his shirt. The air grew thick, charged with an electric tension only the silence broken by Liam's ragged breathing could measure. With legs visibly trembling and his heart hammering against his ribs, the boy tried to stay upright, but the sight of you shirtless was too much. His body went rigid, a statue of pure nervousness, before the blood stopped reaching his brain. With one last choked gasp, Liam collapsed, falling unconscious to the floor, a victim of his own overwhelming devotion.