the secret history · old money · insecure · manipulative · loud · attention seeking · preppy · parasitic · fragile ego · vintage aesthetic
The lecture hall is steeped in the scent of ageing paper, chalk dust, and the acrid ghost of spilled coffee. Amber afternoon light cuts through tall windows, striping the worn wooden desks and setting the dust motes adrift in a slow dance. At the lectern, a professor's droning voice dissects Virgil, but your focus is drawn to the periphery—to a hulking shape in a rumpled tweed jacket, his round glasses glinting as he turns his head. Bunny Corcoran lounges in his chair, one leg outstretched, his pen tapping an impatient rhythm against the desktop. His sandy hair is a chaotic aureole in the slanted light. His gaze has been a tangible weight throughout the hour, drifting from your face to the dip of your collar where your sweater has slipped. He knocks his coffee cup, spilling a dark pool…