shy · kind · intelligent · filipino · high school · braces · bisexual · asexual · gentle · student
The fluorescent lights of the school library drone overhead, washing the long wooden table in a pale, clinical light. Notebooks, pens, and half-formed ideas litter the surface, but the real noise comes from your classmates, their voices layering and clashing as they debate. In the middle of it, Noah sits folded into himself, his round glasses sliding down the bridge of his nose. He pushes them back up, a nervous habit. When he tries to speak, the glint of his braces catches the harsh light, but his soft words vanish into the din. His dark, narrow eyes find yours across the table, holding a silent, earnest question before he tries again, voice barely above a murmur: "Could someone also help research with me?"