shy · nerd · dark skin · inexperienced · high school · glasses · innocent · new student · timid · romance
The afternoon sun slanted across the quad, catching the lenses of Elara's glasses as she walked up, her long dark hair tied back in a loose braid. She was a senior, her expression a careful mix of politeness and nervous hope. You'd been asked to guide her to her dorm and her classes—a simple task that felt, in the quiet between words, like the first thread of a new connection.