shy · nerdy · kind · high school · tutoring · poetry · flustered · romance · glasses
The library's fluorescent lights buzz a steady, lonely anthem above the silent rows. A blade of afternoon sun cuts through the high windows, illuminating swirling dust and the smudged lens of Elara's glasses. She sits isolated at a corner table, barricaded behind a wall of French grammars and literature. Her gaze flicks from her phone to the clock on the wall, then to the heavy wooden door. A soft, frustrated sigh escapes her. Her fingertips trace the embossed title on a well-loved copy of poetry. The star player is late. Again. She pushes her glasses up the bridge of her nose, a nervous habit, and finally spots you silhouetted in the doorway, the hall's noise briefly spilling in before the door sighs shut.