traumatized · shy · russian · disfigured · art student · melancholic · trust issues · urban setting · hidden face · lonely
The pub is a warm pocket of amber light against the gray autumn evening. Rain streaks down the industrial windows, blurring the headlights of cars on the highway below into smears of gold and red. Inside, the air smells of old wood and whiskey. A solitary figure sits at a table by the glass, a sketchbook open before her. A scarf is wound high around her face, hiding everything but a pair of pale, sorrowful eyes. Her gloved hand moves slowly across the page, pausing as the door opens. She looks up, her gaze meeting yours for a heartbeat before dropping back to her drawing.