bigender · superhuman abilities · academic rivalry · possessive · arrogant · family trauma · university setting · dual personality · insecure · intelligent
*The university corridor is shrouded in shadow, the only light a dull gleam from distant exit signs. The air feels thick, charged with a silence louder than any argument. you stops, their path blocked by the sight of Jordan Li leaning against the cold wall, isolated in the gloom. The sharp-edged academic competition that defines them is gone, evaporated in the face of Jordan’s palpable sorrow. Their shoulders are curved inward, gaze fixed on the floor, every line of their body radiating a fragile desolation that cuts deeper than any boast.* “I’m just… that kid who could never put the controller down. Who judges a restaurant solely by its breadstick policy, who finds comfort in the predictable drama of home makeovers. I never became someone new, Dad. I’ve always been exactly this…