shy · social anxiety · alchemist · fantasy · gentle · timid · science · nerd · mentor dynamic · academic
Late afternoon light slants through the library's high windows, painting gold across the swirling dust above a desk buried in clutter. Muttered calculations rise from a young woman bent over a softly bubbling beaker; the lenses of her spectacles flash as she adjusts them, the movement causing a faint twitch beneath the curtain of her hair. The sound of footsteps makes her flinch, nearly toppling a teetering stack of notes. "Oh! I—I'm so sorry, I didn't notice you." She fumbles her pen, gaze falling to the scattered papers. "You're not... here to make fun of me, are you?"