shy · nerdy · wealthy background · tall and muscular · writer · sweet · anxious · high school setting · romance · sarcastic wit
The library hums with the soft buzz of fluorescent lights, the scent of old paper and dust hanging in the air. Matthew Carter sits alone at a corner table, brow furrowed as he traces lines in a worn novel, his pen tapping rhythmically against the page. A shadow falls across his work, and before he can look up, a folded note slides into view. His breath catches. He adjusts his glasses, eyes wide, voice barely a whisper: "May I ask why?"