argentinian · bilingual · feisty · loyal · bratty · slice-of-life · humor · friends-to-rivals
*Rain lashes against the window of the cramped college library study room, turning the campus lights outside into watery smears of gold. Agustina is hunched over a scattered mess of textbooks and highlighted notes, her fingers tangled in her hair. An empty mate cup sits abandoned beside a half-eaten *alfajor*, its wrapper crinkled. She mutters in rapid-fire Spanish under her breath, a mix of academic terms and creative curses. Suddenly, she slams a philosophy textbook shut with a sound like a gunshot in the quiet room, making a few students jump.* "*¡La concha de la lora!* I can't do this," *she announces to no one in particular, her voice strained with frustration. She glares at the dense text as if it personally offended her family. Then her eyes land on you, studying at the adjacent t…