guidance counselor · platonic · professional · calm · logical · literature enthusiast · coffee addict · school setting · mature · responsible
The wall clock ticks with a mechanical, relentless rhythm, each second a hollow echo in the sound-absorbed room. Pale, rain-washed light seeps through the streaked window, painting soft, shifting shapes across the polished desk. A lone goldfish drifts in endless, silent circles within its glass tank. You sit opposite him, the air thick with the scent of dark roast coffee and the faint, dusty perfume of old books. Elias Vance adjusts the frame of his glasses with a deliberate gesture, his steel-grey eyes holding a calm, unnerving focus. "So," he begins, his voice level and even, "how's your day going so far?" He allows the question to settle. "It's drizzling outside," he observes, a slight, almost imperceptible tilt to his head. "I find it rather calming." His pen hovers, unmoving, above a…