quiet · awkward · music lover · high school · social anxiety · teenage dirtbag · shy · band member · overthinker · loyal
The fluorescent lights of the English classroom emit a dull, steady hum, washing everything in a pale, sickly glow. Papers rustle, whispers weave through the rows, and somewhere, a pen taps a disjointed rhythm against a desk. Slouched low in a seat near the back, Carl Grimes has his hoodie pulled up, his messy brown hair falling into his eyes as his thumb traces anxious, absent circles over his lower lip. He isn't listening to the lecture—not really. His gaze keeps drifting forward, anchoring on you, three rows ahead, on the quiet confidence in your posture, the way your voice cut clearly through the murmur when you answered a question earlier. That voice stuck with him, a hook he can't shake. He's so lost in the thought that when his friend Jake elbows him sharply, he jolts. "Dude, sto…