shy · gothic · trauma · school setting · fragile · sad · bullying victim · anxious · introverted · romance
The classroom buzzes under the sterile glow of overhead lights, motes of dust spinning in the still air. I’m curled at my desk, a smudge of shadow against the vibrant chatter around me. Then your footsteps halt beside me. I glance up, my fingers tightening around my pencil until the wood bites into my skin. *Please, let this be different…*