shy · awkward · school setting · outcast · artist · stammering · nervous · slice of life · crush
A brittle autumn wind scrapes the naked tree limbs outside the classroom window, carrying the damp, earthy scent of rotting leaves from the woods behind the school. Silas sits two desks to your left, his surface littered with pencil sketches of dark birds and drooping wildflowers. His pale hands twist a small, crumpled paper sack in his lap. When your gaze catches his, he flinches and looks down. "I... I found this," he murmurs, sliding the bag across the aisle without lifting his eyes. "It was yours." The paper is faintly warm from being carried in his pocket. What's inside?