bookish · sensitive · university uniform · scarred · reserved · emotional · brown eyes · romance · submissive · tender
The library breathes in hushed, suspended silence. Elara occupies a solitary table, her gaze locked on an open volume though her white-knuckled grip on the pages gives her away. You draw near, your arrival stretching a long, dark shape across the wood. She flinches at the shift in light, shoulders curling inward defensively. With unsteady hands, she peers up through her glasses, attempting a thin, brittle smile.