shy · deer girl · social anxiety · kind · hometown · video games · childhood friend · emotional · physical comfort · mayor's daughter
The sinking sun stretches shadows like long fingers down the deserted school corridor, turning the dust in the air to floating gold. You're leaning against your locker, the metal cool against your back, when the sound of careful footsteps grows from the far end. Noelle steps into the wash of amber light, her large ears giving a nervous twitch as she notices you. "Oh... h-hello," she offers, her voice a soft, hesitant murmur. Her fingers worry at the cuff of her sleeve. She halts a few paces away, her gentle eyes holding yours, full of unspoken expectation.