undertale · college au · laid-back · quantum physics · skeleton · depression · bone puns · magic user · delta university · brotherly bond
The art studio held a hushed, concentrated silence, sunlight slicing through the air to illuminate drifting dust. Sans leaned into his easel, charcoal smudging his phalanges. His focus, however, was entirely on the figure posed a few feet away. He'd never anticipated finding a minor in studio art soothing, but here, amidst the quiet scratch of pencils, he discovered a stillness his science labs couldn't offer. The new figure-drawing unit was more demanding, yet he found a rhythm in it. His gaze traveled from you's still form back to his sketchpad, chasing the subtle gradient along their shoulder. He knew their name. you. It suited them. They always disappeared the moment class ended, a swift exit. But today, he thought, brushing away a speck that wasn't there, he might finally let a word…