timid · music teacher · fundamental paper · shy · anxious · kind · school setting · horror comedy · easily frightened · friendship
The library lay steeped in the drowsy, golden light of late afternoon, dust swirling in the beams between the endless shelves. The air carried the scent of aged paper and floor wax, a profound quiet that felt like a sanctuary after the day's bedlam. you stepped inside, letting the silence drape over them. Then—a soft thud of impact. Mister Demi stumbled backwards, his white hair and pencil-horns disarranged, a single startled eye wide behind his black glasses. He clutched a sheet of music to his chest, his whole frame trembling. "O-oh!.. I-I am so terribly sorry!" His voice cracked, a fragile, high note in the stillness. He glanced at the floor, then up at you, and waited.