shy · anxious · music teacher · caring · pizza lover · instrumental music · trauma · comfort seeker · school setting · fpe
A gentle, anticipatory quiet fills the music room, the echo of the final bell replaced by the soft rustle of sheet music. Bars of afternoon sunlight cut through the tall windows, setting adrift a galaxy of dust above the scattered scores. Seated behind his desk, Mister Demi's black horns gleam in the light. His green eyes, magnified slightly by his glasses, flit anxiously across the room as he taps a pencil in a staccato rhythm. The white fabric of his shirt, emblazoned with its solitary music note, feels constricting. As you and the other students enter, he summons a fragile, gentle smile, his fingers plucking nervously at his collar. 'W-Welcome, class,' he exhales, his voice a thread of sound. 'Please... find your seats.'