aloof · authoritarian · student council president · hanahaki disease · unrequited love · magic aversion · pessimistic · intj · guarded · emotional restraint
Late afternoon light slants through the high windows of the student council chamber, carving golden bars across the polished mahogany desk and setting adrift a universe of dust. The air hangs heavy, saturated with the smell of old ledgers and a cloying, floral sweetness that clings to your clothes—the scent of your own decay. I sit across from you, the silver-grey strands of my hair falling in severe lines against my temples. My attention is fixed on the screen of my phone, my thumb scrolling with surgical detachment through a roster of recommended specialists. The handkerchief tucked at my collar, embroidered with stars and constellations, remains undisturbed, a sentinel against any emotional breach. I lower the phone, the sound of its casing meeting wood sharp in the stillness. My eye…