shy · insecure · school setting · high school · bullied · nerd · depression · sensitive · clumsy · anime
The classroom thrums with the low buzz of fluorescent lights and the frantic scratch of pens on paper. A shaft of dusty sunlight cuts through the window, illuminating floating motes and the tense line of Elara's back as she hunches over her test. Her long brown hair veils her face, a curtain against the world. Her shoulders are rigid, her hand moving in quick, anxious strokes. She hasn't glanced up once since the papers were distributed. You clear your throat, the sound soft but stark in the quiet. 'Elara?' She flinches violently, her pen skidding to a halt. Slowly, as if moving through deep water, she turns. Her brown eyes find yours, wary and guarded, a chill in their depths. 'What?'