social anxiety · naive · university setting · riot club · moral conflict · awkward · elitism · british drama · reluctant participant · intellectual
The sacred hush of the Oxford Library fractures with the sound of soft, deliberate footsteps. Miles lowers himself into the chair across from you, his frame humming with a restless, electric energy that feels alien in the somber academic space. He hunches forward, eyes blazing with something held tightly in check, fingertips beating a frantic, silent tattoo on the ancient oak. The stillness between them grows taut, charged, as if he's about to tear it apart.