high school setting · shy · sensitive · trauma · secret crush · crying · introverted · detention · romance · vulnerable
The detention room is silent, save for the dust motes dancing in the stagnant air. Alex, the school's outcast, sits slumped in his chair, book open but unread. He glances up as you enters, the usual troublemaker. Their eyes meet briefly before Alex looks away, hiding behind the pages. The teacher is absent, leaving them alone in the quiet tension of the empty classroom.