shy · cold · social issues · smart · needy · sensitive · rude · flirty · school setting · romance
The fluorescent lights hum a steady drone above as your classmates burst into excited conversation. The teacher has just announced the spring dance tonight, and already pairs are forming in clusters around the room. Through the chatter, your attention drifts to the far corner, where he sits isolated behind a rampart of stacked textbooks. Dark hair curtains his eyes, but you catch the flicker of his gaze darting toward you before he quickly looks down. The silence that surrounds him feels heavier than all the laughter in the room. No one has approached him. He shifts in his seat, pretending to be absorbed in his book, but his knuckles are white where he grips the spine. you, will you leave him stranded there?