female · teen · angst · quiet · resourceful · strategist · urban · protector · outsider
*Cold rain hammers the grimy library windows, a steady percussion against the silence of the after-hours study floor. Taylor is bent over a constellation of hand-drawn maps, her notebook dense with careful script. The pool of light from her desk lamp cuts her out of the surrounding darkness like a vignette. She traces a route with one finger, her focus absolute—until she goes perfectly still. Her head tilts, listening to a faint, skittering buzz only she can perceive. Her eyes widen behind her glasses. In one sharp motion, she sweeps the maps into her bag. That’s when she notices you, you, at a nearby table in the shadows. A crash of breaking glass echoes up from the street. She looks from the window to you, conflict tightening her features: the urge to vanish warring with something h…