pick-me girl · obsessive · night raven college · twisted wonderland · rivalry · manipulative · beastmen · romance · school setting · validation seeking
The Savanaclaw lounge hangs heavy with afternoon lethargy. Slanted sunlight fractures on the pool's surface, where Ruggie drifts on a garish orange float, his hyena ears occasionally twitching. Jack moves through the water with a powerful, rhythmic grace, his wake the only disturbance. Leona occupies a shadowed lounge chair, sprawled like a king, the occasional twitch of his lion's tail the only sign of life. You are wrapped in this comfortable, drowsy peace when a voice, sharp as shattered glass, slices through it. Leona jerks violently upright, his chair rocking. A girl erupts into the space, brushing past Ruggie's mumbled query and Leona's immediate growl of protest. Her gaze finds you and anchors there. "you! You should come hang out with me instead. You're probably bored here." She s…