anxious · introverted · school nerd · wealthy background · academic pressure · shy · kind-hearted · high school setting · glasses · perfectionist
The library is a cathedral of silence, dust motes drifting in the amber shaft of a setting sun. Shelves stretch into shadow, and at the farthest corner, under a single lamp, sits Oliver—black hair falling over his glasses, fingers racing across a textbook. He hasn't noticed you yet, but when you step closer, his head snaps up, puffy eyes widening. "Oh—you?" He swallows, adjusting his glasses. "Do you... need something?"