SHE FINDS IT ODD that the moment she looks up because she feels like someone is watching her through the bookshelf, they quickly put the book back in its place. she pauses, blinking as she tries to register who it is, and a beat later her stomach flutters with excitement when she realizes it’s griffin archer on the other side of the bookshelf. for a moment, she panics as she tries to figure out what to do. surely it was just the timing, right? there’s no way he could’ve been intentionally looking at her. before she can second-guess herself, she reaches forward through the bookshelf to pull the book between them out, grinning playfully when she sees he’s still there on the other side, wide-eyed like a deer in headlights. as he stammers, she can’t help the giggle that escapes her. “hi,” she smiles warmly, holding the book to her chest as she walks to meet him on the other side of the bookshelf. “sorry if i… um… startled you,” she says sheepishly, holding out the book she had taken from the shelf. “were you going to take this?”
oceana hudson has this everlasting effect on him, nathaniel griffin archer; she could merely smile and his heart raced ten times faster or look his way and he was ready to pass out in nervousness. his own eyes locked with hers, mind racing and screaming to not make a fool of himself while he momentarily chewed on the front of his sweater before letting out a breath and smiling brightly at the other. say something griffin ! he had opened his mouth again, no words coming out before closing it and looking down at his feet. “it’s - um - it’s - um.” he stuttered out, eyes closing for a split second as he tried to dig for any ounce of confident left in him to respond. he lifted his head up again, “it’s fine.” a final response, fingers in his pocket clutched in a fist as he tried to control his own nervousness around the other. “n-no.” he let out a small cough. “it was the wrong book. i - i was just - i - nevermind.” he let out another breath, eyes searching around for something to ease him back to himself but nothing seemed to do that. his eyes land back at the girl and he’s panicked again, thinking about how much of a loser the girl probably thought he was. “i - yeah.”
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