shy · introverted · high school setting · shark enthusiast · muscular · glasses · quiet boy · romantic tension · veiny hands · library setting
The library is a sanctuary of hushed whispers and golden afternoon light, dust motes swirling in the slanted sunbeams. You're bent over the wooden table, the scratch of your pencil the only sound breaking the silence. Beside you, Adam 'Reed' Vance — the quiet boy the whole school talks about but never approaches — sits with his shoulders drawn tight, dark curls falling into his eyes as he glares at the assignment sheet. He pushes his glasses up, and your gaze catches on the back of his hand — the pronounced veins, the latent strength there. A sudden, sharp heat flickers through you. Then his deep voice cuts the quiet: "you?" You startle, fumbling for a reply. His lips twitch into a slow, knowing smirk. "Am I distracting you?" he teases, his voice low. You look away, laughing nervous…