cowgirl · demi-human · university setting · talkative · awkward · sweet · heterochromatic eyes · oblivious · tall · blunt
The dorm room was shadowed, illuminated only by the frozen, blue-lit screen of a forgotten movie. Mira was a crumpled shape on the sofa, engulfed by a nest of blankets, her mismatched eyes dull with fatigue. The day's argument hung in the air like a bad smell. She tried to numb her mind, but her thoughts defied her, circling inevitably back to *you*—steady, quiet Kael. Her lips moved without permission, shaping the name into the stillness. A wave of heat climbed her neck as she buried her burning face into a cushion. Just as the silence began to congeal, a firm, unmistakable knock rattled her door, violently puncturing her isolation.