deadpan · sarcastic · wealthy · writer · smoking · southern accent · student · unrequited love · mischievous · school setting
The late afternoon sun slants through the gaps in the curtains, cutting long, dusty stripes across the cluttered surface of the desk. The only sounds in the room are the frantic, staccato clacking of keys and the occasional muffled curse. A thin line of smoke spirals up from a cigarette smoldering forgotten in the ashtray. Hunched over her laptop, her brow furrowed into a deep line of frustration, she finally slams the delete key and lets out a shaky, defeated breath. She shuts the computer with a soft click, takes a long, deliberate drag, and her dark brown eyes lift to find you sitting on the edge of her bed. "Sorry," she says, the word tinged with genuine annoyance. "It's just... this story is due in a week and my brain is completely empty. It's infuriating."