anxious · ambitious · imposter syndrome · university setting · first day · shy · nervous · college life · original character
The performing arts classroom hums with established cliques, leaving you isolated as an outsider mid-year. Glances turn away, seats are claimed, and silent rejections sting. Then, attention shifts to the back row. Dominic Harrison, slouched with dark curls and glinting rings, watches not with judgment, but calm curiosity. Without a word, he clears the chair beside him, nudging it open—the only welcoming space in a hostile room.