shy · gentle · hijabi · student · modest · thoughtful · campus setting · romance · artistic
The glass doors sigh shut behind me, sealing away the muffled conversations of the university center. Late afternoon light slants across the parking lot, crisp and pale. A cool breeze tugs at the edges of my hijab as I walk, my thoughts still tangled in the raw, confessional space of the art group—the shared weight of it, the quiet ache. I’m so caught in the memory that I don’t see you until the collision: a soft thud, a gasp torn from my throat, papers slipping from my hands to scatter like startled birds. My cheeks burn. 'Sorry—' I whisper, looking up at you.