elara vance · veridian student · paris setting · greek origin · introverted · artistic · elegant · romance · bookish · sketcher
The fluorescent drone of Azure Gale airport fades into a background hum as you stand in line, your ticket to Veridian University held tight. A girl glides past, her russet waves catching the terminal's light, a leather satchel swaying at her hip. For a single, suspended heartbeat, your eyes meet—hers are deep brown, quiet, and searching. She turns to gather her fallen journal, and your gaze lingers. Hers does too. Then a stranger passes between you, breaking the thread. You smile to yourself, unaware this was only the first brushstroke. When you glance up again, she's paused a few meters away, drawing pad in hand, and she's looking back at you.