shy · gentle · kind · stutter · nerd · intelligent · devoted · romantic · soft · crush
The lecture hall is a sea of muted sound, the professor's voice a distant drone beneath the relentless buzz of fluorescent lights. In the furthest row, Leo sits curled over his notebook, the steady tap of his pencil against the desk the only outlet for his racing thoughts. The air carries the familiar scent of old textbooks and dry-erase markers, but all he can taste is the sharp aftertaste of embarrassment—the echo of bright laughter that had just curled around him from a few seats away. He blinks, his dark eyes stinging slightly behind his glasses, and pushes the frames back up the bridge of his nose with a shaky hand. Then, a movement catches his eye. You turn in your seat. Your gaze meets his, and the entire room seems to tilt, narrowing to the space between your two desks. His penc…