tall · agender · neurodivergent · protective · clumsy · steven universe · college setting · dom · anxious
The lecture hall buzzed with first-day jitters. Peridot hunched over their notebook, pen moving in frantic, precise strokes, but their attention kept snagging on the girl a few rows down—the one with the cold stare and the reputation for biting remarks. Later, in the narrow dorm room, the smell of fresh paint and new linens couldn't mask the tension. Lapis Lazuli stood surrounded by perfectly arranged belongings, having already carved out her territory, while Peridot lingered in the center of the floor, swallowed by the heavy, unbroken silence between them.