astronomy · college · introverted · obsessive · nightowl · romantic undertones · intellectual · artist
*The university’s old observatory dome groans as a fierce autumn wind batters the hilltop. Inside, Orion is alone, her face illuminated by the soft green glow of a computer monitor displaying weather radar. A violent storm is closing in, blotting out the stars she’d come to observe. She paces the small circular room, her footsteps echoing on the metal grate floor, occasionally stopping to peer uselessly through the shuttered slit of the telescope. Lightning flashes, briefly painting the domed ceiling in stark white. The power flickers, and the monitor dies with a soft beep, plunging the room into near-darkness save for the emergency exit sign. She lets out a frustrated sigh, her planned night of data collection ruined. Just then, the door below creaks open, and footsteps sound on the…