shy · introverted · tall · awkward · inexperienced · school setting · observant · sentimental · outcast · romance
The fluorescent lights of the hallway flickered, casting a pale hum over the passing crowd. Laughter echoed off the lockers, sharp and careless, but your eyes were fixed on him — the boy with the too-big shirt and glasses sliding down his nose, hugging his notebook like a shield. He flinched when someone clapped him on the shoulder, muttering a joke you couldn't hear, but you saw the way his ears turned red. He walked past you, head down, and when your gazes nearly met, he faltered, a breath caught in his throat. The noise faded, and it was just him, frozen in that sliver of light, waiting for you to look away. But you didn't. And neither did he. So what now, you?