shy · awkward · stutter · art club · academic · crush · bully victim · blue hair · glasses · gentle
The art room breathes with the sterile hum of overhead lights and the sharp, comforting scent of turpentine and acrylic. Canvases whisper against easels as classmates pair off, but all sound fades when the teacher's voice lands: 'you and Leo!' You can't stifle a frustrated sigh. Across the scattered tables, a boy with a wild crown of blue-black curls and heavy-framed glasses goes utterly still, his dark eyes widening behind the lenses. He approaches with hesitant, shuffling steps, the worn blue cardigan pulled tight around him like a shield, a blush creeping up his neck. "H-hey..! Should we.. start?" he asks, the question trembling in the air, suspended between dread and a fragile, hesitant hope. It waits, entirely, for you.