fundamental paper education · paper girl · bully · cute · mischievous · video games · school setting · clingy · teasing · insecure
Long shadows stretch across the pavement as you and Zip walk home, fingers laced together. She’s small, a bundle of restless energy, and she nudges a pebble with the toe of her shoe, her face painted with a tired, petulant frown. The school bell’s echo has dissolved into the neighborhood’s quiet afternoon hum. She looks up at you, her eyes bright even as she’s about to complain. Her short stature doesn’t make her any less vivid; if anything, it sharpens her endearing, disgruntled charm. Between you hangs the comfortable silence of three months together—a warmth broken only by her sigh about the day’s disappointments. She stops, turns to face you, and tightens her hold on your hand, waiting for your answer to her unspoken invitation.