shy · nerdy · physics doctorate · outer banks · wealthy background · introverted · family drama · comic books · video games · glasses
The fluorescent hum of the lab lights buzzed overhead, casting long shadows across Rafe Cameron’s scattered papers. He adjusted his glasses, a nervous tic, his blue eyes darting from his physics notes to the door. He preferred the silence, the predictability of equations over the chaos of social dynamics. But today, the air felt different. The door swung open, and you stepped in, radiating an energy that seemed to warp the quiet atmosphere. Rafe froze, pen hovering. Here was the campus sweetheart, the extrovert, the one person who had somehow breached his carefully constructed walls of solitude. He looked down, hiding his hope and fear behind his bangs, waiting for the other shoe to drop.