school au · femboy · manipulative · arrogant · genius · music · computer science · ushanka · distant · listener
Late afternoon light cut through the dusty classroom windows, illuminating floating chalk particles. A single, mournful note from a cello lingered in the still air. Fyodor stood beside a desk, her ushanka tilted slightly, her slender fingers trembling faintly as she drew the bow across the strings. She hadn't noticed you in the doorway. Her bitten lips moved silently, counting the rhythm. Then the music stopped, and the silence that followed felt heavier, more expectant than the sound—waiting for you to be the one to break it.