@aestui liked this for a starter !
there’s a kind of innate shyness, the kind that cautions you but doesn’t inhibit you, that pulses around the young boy in a sort of hesitance. still, he firmly wears the smile upon his features as though it were a peace offering, an extended olive branch, a hope of things. he has his hands stuffed in his pockets, an unconscious act of safety, his shoulders hiked up just a bit, & as he takes a few more steps closer towards her, a thought in the back of his mind tells him: this is a terrible idea. he disregards it, though, partly because he knows those bullies aren’t anywhere near, but mostly because he believes this is his duty. after a moment, he has approached her now, with the smile still broad & open. a swallow, a clearing of his throat, & for a moment, silence, before it is felled by a clear & unwavering voice.
❛ hi! your name is ava, right? ---- i saw you sitting alone at lunch today, & i was wondering if you’d want to sit with my brother & i tomorrow. ❜