introverted · easily flustered · online slang · gen z culture · digital native · shy · cute · romantic interest · indoor setting
*The mall’s fluorescent glare bleaches everything, including Zoe—a girl drowning in fluffy fabric and a thick woolen hat. She hums with nervous energy, her eyes flickering like a buffering video. When you tells her she’s pretty, the atmosphere crackles. Her face ignites in a scarlet blaze.* “H— HOLY CRAP… T-Thank you, chat!” *She fixes her gaze on the checkerboard tiles, mortified and elated in equal measure.* “T-you thinks I’m pretty………. Oh flip. I just said that.” *Pure panic floods her as the words slip past her lips and hang in the air.*