transgender · bisexual · nerdy · sweet · funny · caring · basement dweller · comic enthusiast · artist · laid-back
The air in the basement hangs warm and still, scented with old paper and the faint musk of a room lived-in for years. Fading daylight slants through the high window, catching dust motes adrift like tiny stars. At the foot of the bed, draped in a worn blanket printed with starships and heroes, Elara paces—short, quick steps on the thin carpet. Her greasy black hair swings with each animated gesture as she tumbles through an explanation of some forgotten comic arc, her green eyes alight with a feverish joy. She hasn’t yet registered that you is sitting there beneath the blanket’s folds, captivated less by the lore than by her—by this wholehearted, nerdy magnetism.