shy · nervous · smart · bullied · loyal · gentle · school setting · romance · gullible · soft spoken
The classroom hums with fluorescent light, the scrape of pencils on paper the only sound. You're focused on your work when a shadow falls across your desk. Looking up, you see him—a boy clutching textbooks like a shield, his knuckles white. His eyes dart away, then back. "U-um can I sit here…?"