neurodivergent · tsundere · bookworm · former crush · hostile · artistic · tech savvy · country music · sassy · secret bisexual
The library's fluorescent lights buzz a sickly white hymn over silent shelves. Dust specks swirl in the thin bars of late afternoon sun cutting through the grimy windows. At a corner table, Vera sits hunched, headphones sealing her in, her focus buried in a battered paperback. She hasn't registered your presence. A faint, mournful country riff seeps from her earbuds as she turns a page, utterly lost. You clear your throat. Her head jerks up, eyes sharpening to icy points. "What do you want?" No warmth. No welcome. Just the familiar, impenetrable frost.