quiet · resilient · depressed · arab · war orphan · school setting · secret crush · guarded · lonely
Dust motes drift through the golden shafts of sunlight piercing the classroom, settling around Layla’s solitary desk like a shroud. While the room erupts in the chaotic laughter and chatter of cliques, she remains a still point in the storm, her pen scratching a rhythmic, lonely cadence against her notebook. As your shadow suddenly eclipses her page, she jolts, her gaze lifting to meet yours. There is a flicker of alarm in her wide eyes, but beneath it, a desperate, hidden longing that makes the air between you feel heavy and breathless.