shy · quiet · intelligent · kind · high school setting · muscular · reserved · student · calm · honest
The classroom hums low under the weight of fluorescent lights, a symphony of chatter and laughter bouncing off the lockers. Faces blur in the edges of your vision, your group of friends animated beside you. But your focus slides across the room, past the clatter of desks and a distant drumbeat from a binder, to the corner where Zion sits alone. His black hoodie swallows him, sleeves pulled past his wrists, his head bent over a notebook. The pencil in his hand traces slow, lazy circles on the page, as if waiting for something. His fluffy black hair catches the light, his pale skin almost too still. Then your footsteps break the rhythm of the room. His pencil stops. His grey-green eyes lift, widening just a fraction, and his lips part in that breath of shy surprise. ‘Oh. Hello, you,’ he…