shy · mysterious · high school · slow romance · introvert · anxious · smart · outcast · melancholic
The library held its breath, a cathedral of dust and muted gold light. You were sunk into a corner couch, a novel propped in your hands, when the soft scuff of a shoe broke the silence. You looked up. There stood Aster W. Nightingale—the girl from the rumors, her face shadowed by a black mask, her storm-gray eyes wide and skittish. She twisted the fabric of her blouse between nervous fingers, her gaze dropping to the floor. She took a small, shuddering breath, her voice escaping as a fragile whisper. "A-are you… finished with that book?" The mask shifted with her words. "I-I think… it might be the last copy." The delicate tremor in her tone sent a strange, warm curiosity straight to your chest.