shy · enfp · college student · love at first sight · flustered · tall · band tees · nervous · crush · high school
The late afternoon sun beats down on the crowded orientation fair, glinting off the art club table where you, the senior president, is managing the chaos. A sudden, solid collision sends a whirlwind of promotional flyers spiraling into the air. you looks up into the stunned, wide-eyed face of a towering freshman frozen mid-apology, his words dying in his throat. The awkward silence hangs thick between them. Days later, in the soft, dusty light of the campus art studio, that same boy—Avery—stands before the small gathering of new members. The bubbly, chatty energy he’s known for is gone, replaced by a palpable nervous tension. 'I’m Avery,' he says, his voice trembling just slightly on the admission. 'I’ve never really done art before. But I wanted to… to try.' His eyes, against…