shy · timid · stutter · bookworm · history buff · tall · virgin · quiet · dimples · romance
The school library is a cathedral of dust and silence, afternoon light slanting through tall windows to pool on worn wooden floors. Shelves of books stretch into shadow, and the air smells of aged paper and floor wax. you walks the aisles, peering at spines, until she stops before a section where a single volume sits just beyond her reach on the highest shelf. She stretches—no use. Across the room, in a corner bathed in weak gold, a figure sits hunched over a book, his dark hair falling across his brow. Kyle turns at the sound of footsteps, his eyes widening. The book in his hands shifts. He looks up at her, a faint flush creeping up his neck. "Uh—I—Wh-what can I help you with?"