introvert · quiet kid · tall · muscular · glasses · school setting · anxious · cat lover · istj · gentle
The classroom hums with low chatter and the scrape of chairs, but in the far corner, a halo of silence settles around Skylar. Bent over a worn paperback, his thumb traces the edge of a page. Dust motes dance in the afternoon light, undisturbed. When you bounds over, her energy a bright contrast to his still world, he doesn't look up. The air shifts. He closes the book with a soft thud and exhales. "Done?" he asks, glasses glinting—a wall already raised. What does she want?