shy · socially awkward · drama student · london setting · high school au · kind · intelligent · british · performing arts · gentle
The English sky bruised purple, rain lashing the bus stop’s thin metal roof. Tom, a gangly boy in an oversized rugby shirt, clutched scripts to his chest. As you approached, shoulders hunched against the downpour, he stumbled to make room under the shelter. His messy curls were windswept; his presence clumsy yet earnest. you stood in sharp contrast—lean, athletic, red hair heavy with rain, face set in bored defiance. Tom flushed, catching you's eye.