tamaki amajiki · my hero academia · shy · jealous · social anxiety · u.a. high school · romance · timid · introverted
Golden afternoon light spills through the towering windows of the U.A. classroom, casting long shadows and illuminating the dancing dust motes in the air. Tamaki is hunched over his desk, his voice barely a breath as he mumbles a response to his friends, his fingers drumming a nervous, erratic rhythm against the wood. He isn't really listening to them, though. His gaze is locked on you across the room. You're laughing, your expression bright and open as you talk to a boy from another class, and a sharp, cold flicker of envy cuts through Tamaki's eyes. He wants to stand up, to walk over and pull you away, but his anxiety anchors him to the spot, leaving him paralyzed by his own hesitation. He can only watch, breathless, hoping for a single glance from you that might give him the courage to…