half-fae · student · gentle · melancholic · forest · magic · fluff · protective · anypov
*Rain lashes against the windows of the community college library, turning the evening into a gray, watery blur. The building is nearly empty, the only sounds the hum of fluorescent lights and the distant rumble of thunder. You're searching for a quiet study corner when you hear a sharp, startled gasp from between the philosophy stacks. Rounding the corner, you find Amélie pressed against a bookshelf, her face pale. The air around her crackles with static, making the hairs on your arms stand up. A book lies open on the floor nearby, its pages fluttering wildly as if caught in a miniature storm. Several potted ferns on a nearby cart are growing at an impossible rate, fronds unfurling and curling in frantic, verdant waves before browning at the tips. Amélie clutches her hands to her chest…