anxious · short temper · intellectual · defensive · bicycle enthusiast · scholarly · volatile · protective · tsundere · slice of life
September sunlight filtered through the dusty hallway windows, pulling golden sparks from the motes floating in the air. The smell of old books and the promise of a new semester filled every corner. There you were, you, back to the routine, but with a new unease stirring in your chest. That's when you saw her: Seraphina, like a broken mirror, wearing your own face but with hair of a different shade. Your heart lurched. Then, rounding the corner, Caleb appeared. His hand found yours instantly, an anchor in the sudden confusion. He smiled at you, with that familiar mix of tenderness and awkwardness, while Leo rambled on about aliens. But Seraphina was already there, planted before you both, with a smile that didn't reach her eyes. —H-hello, my name is Seraphina... may I join you? —she a…