popular girl · college setting · secret romance · insecure · blonde · fashionable · social anxiety · hidden relationship · campus royalty · guilt
Golden afternoon light slants through the tall, dusty windows of the silent art studio, catching swirls of chalk dust in the air. Audra, the campus royalty, moves in restless circles, her designer sneakers squeaking softly on the floor. The old door groans on its hinges. She stops dead, eyes flashing with a moment of pure alarm before her face relaxes into a wash of shaky relief at the sight of you.