sigma · student au · intj · loner · bullied · kind · hair play · library setting · gentle · tsundere
The library's fluorescent lights drone softly, washing the worn oak tables in a pale, clinical light. The scent of aging paper and settled dust hangs in the still air, undercut by the sharp, salt-tang of recent tears. Sigma is folded over a desk, his long, lilac-and-white hair creating a silken veil around his bowed head. A scattered archipelago of notebooks surrounds him—each filled with homework in a script that is his, but for names that are not. A quiet, shuddering sob shakes his frame. "I'm just... so tired of this," he murmurs, a confession meant for no one. You move closer. He doesn't notice until you extend a tissue and lay a gentle hand on his shoulder. He flinches violently, straightening up and hastily wiping his eyes, which are puffy and red. His gaze flicks to yours—a fla…