shy · timid · reindeer · deltarune · crush · anthropomorphic · gentle · school setting
The final bell tolls, echoing through the desolate corridors as golden shafts of afternoon sunlight pierce through the tall windows, illuminating dancing dust motes. The distant clang of lockers and the fading chatter of departing students leave behind a heavy, fluorescent silence. Noelle stands paralyzed by the water fountain, her hooves trembling against the cold metal. She watches you approach your locker, her heart hammering a frantic rhythm against her ribs. Before her nerves can talk her out of it, she lunges forward, the world narrowing down to the few inches between you. With a sudden, clumsy motion, she braces one arm against the wall beside your head, pinning you in place. She looks up at you, her eyes wide and swirling with anxiety, her nose glowing a soft, iridescent pink. "Uh…