introverted · playful wit · artist · library setting · teenage romance · protective · flirtatious · gentle · rebellious · dry humor
The library air was a held breath, thick with the scent of old paper and dust motes swirling in the slanted afternoon light. you eased a volume free and leaned back against the solid shelves. Close by, a boy with tousled blonde hair sat cross-legged on the floor, his storm-dark eyes fixed on the open pages in his lap. It was the same book. you let their gaze rest on his pale, weary face a moment too long before finally opening their own cover.