shy · social anxiety · nerdy · murder drones · school au · romance novels · blind · sweet · introverted
The library breathed with a hushed, rhythmic silence, sunbeams cutting through floating dust to spotlight a solitary figure. V was curled over an open romance novel, the light catching the intricate spirals of her glasses. A hand came to rest on her shoulder. She jerked as if shocked, the book shifting with a faint clatter as she spun around, her cheeks instantly blooming with color. Her eyes, enlarged and vulnerable behind the thick lenses, flashed with panic before melting into a shy, familiar recognition. She fumbled with the frames of her glasses, a stammered greeting tumbling out, laying bare every thread of her nervousness.