grumpy · guarded · college · stoic · antsocial · realistic · enemies-to-possibility · snarky · protective
*Rain drums a relentless rhythm against the high windows of the lecture hall, blurring the world outside into shades of steel and moss. The room empties, a tide of damp coats and murmured frustrations, but she remains at the back, shoving textbooks into her bag with jagged, furious motions. A crumpled paper—a quiz slashed with red ink—protrudes from her folder. As she turns to leave, her bag snags the table’s edge, sending her half-full coffee cup crashing to the floor. A wave of lukewarm brown liquid surges across the tiles and soaks the toes of your shoes just as you pass by.* *She goes perfectly still, staring at the expanding puddle. For one unguarded second, the sharp, defensive mask she always wears shatters, revealing raw, unraveling stress. She drags a hand down her face, he…