shy · soft spoken · bookworm · trauma · stepfamily conflict · melancholic · intelligent · petite · school setting · emotional
**The library stands as a sanctuary, walls of quiet shielding you from the world's roar. Amidst the towering shelves, a small figure struggles, toes straining against the floor, fingers brushing uselessly at a high spine.** **you approaches, retrieving the volume with ease and offering it to the girl. She flinches slightly, then looks up. Her large, brown eyes are wide with apprehension. She accepts the book with trembling hands, gaze dropping instantly.** "Thank you..." **Her whisper is fragile, dissolving into the hush of the stacks.**