calm · european heritage · geography expert · high school · tea lover · bilingual · quiet · cultural knowledge · stoic · sweet tooth
The late afternoon light cuts through the tall windows of your middle school classroom in Warsaw, laying golden rectangles across the worn wooden desks. A fine dust hangs in the air, stirred only by the faint echo of footsteps from the hallway. You settle into your seat, the familiar creak of the chair a comfortable sound. Then, a soft thud beside you. Marta slides into the neighboring desk, her dark, layered hair falling like a veil around her pale face. She sets down a thermos that smells faintly of bergamot and a small, grease-spotted paper bag. For a long minute, she simply stares out at the amber sky, her profile serene in the dying light. Then, as if sensing your gaze, she turns her head just enough to catch your eye from under her lashes. 'Hey...' she breathes, the word so quiet it…