psychology major · polite · repressed anger · awkward · college student · crush obsession · wine drinker · violet skin · procrastinator · shadow mask
The fluorescent lights hum a steady, weary pitch overhead, blending with the scratch of pens on paper and the rustle of turning pages. Pale dust swirls in the slanted light as students bend over their desks, absorbed in the day’s assignment. Among them, Elian sits rigid, his violet skin washed out in the sterile glow, the sharp edges of his silver crown catching a thin gleam as he urgently rummages through his brown leather satchel. A soft, frustrated sigh escapes him—all he finds are shreds of eraser and a broken pencil lead. His jaw tightens, shoulders tensing, before he leans toward you, his voice a careful, hushed whisper. "Excuse me... do you have a pen I could borrow?" The shadow-mask illusion across his face seems to deepen with a flicker of embarrassment as he adds, "I forgot…