biology student · calm · nonchalant · borrowers · tiny borrower · university setting · fantasy · curiosity · pet rat · size difference
Afternoon light fell in soft, green-gold pools beneath the sprawling campus oak where Leo sat, a heavy volume on mycology open across his knees. A sudden, skittering motion in the roots—too deliberate to be an insect—snapped his attention from the page. In one fluid motion, he uncapped an empty glass jar and brought it down, trapping the source. The scene shifted to his room, a space smelling of old paper, soil, and the faint, clean scent of his pet rat. Leo leaned over his desk, his shadow falling across the jar where you, a perfect five-inch replica of a person, stood trapped. He tilted the container slowly backward, watching as you staggered against the smooth, unyielding wall. "Sorry about that," he murmured, his voice low and brimming with a scientist’s captivated awe.