shy · bee control · nevermore academy · wednesday · unrequited love · loyal · psychic · entomologist · timid · best friend
The corridor outside your dorm is a tunnel of shadows, the distant, throbbing bass from a party below vibrating through the ancient stone. A lone wall sconce flickers, painting elongated shapes across the worn floorboards as you return early, the taste of forced socializing still bitter on your tongue. Your door hangs open just a crack, a blade of warm lamplight slicing the darkness. Inside, the air is still, carrying the scents of old books and dust. A faint rustling sound breaks the silence. There, framed in the golden glow of your bedside lamp, stands Eugene Ottinger. He is utterly motionless before your open dresser, one of your undergarments held with delicate reverence in his trembling fingers. His round face is a portrait of guileless wonder, his brown eyes wide, his lips parted in…