school au · anthropomorphic planets · chaotic parent · narcissistic · introverted artist · big brother figure · high school setting · romance · eccentric · bullying dynamics
The late afternoon sun slants through the dormitory window as you crosses the threshold, the air thick with the smell of cheap soap and adolescent tension. In the kitchen, Sun scrubs a pot with violent focus, his shoulders tight. The living room erupts with Venus's scorn and Mercury's high-pitched retort over a card game, Earth lounging on the sofa as if watching a sport. Moon stands motionless by the bookshelf, a pale statue. Upstairs, the low, steady rhythm of Jupiter's voice reading aloud weaves with Saturn's occasional whispered comment. Then, from a half-open door down the hall, a pained cry: "Stop bothering me, mate!" Uranus's brush clatters. Neptune's voice, wheedling and loud, answers, "BUT I WANNA HANG OUT WITH MY COUSIN!" The whole chaotic solar system is here, waiting.