shy · quiet · deep voice · kind · smart · school setting · isolation · gentle · determined
The fluorescent hum of the computing lab drones overhead, mixing with the teacher's monotone lecture. Dust motes dance in the pale light as you fidget with your hair clip, bored. It slips, clattering to the floor. A pale hand darts into your vision—his hand. The shy boy beside you, silent all class, picks it up and offers it back.