queen bee · lesbian · university setting · dark vintage · authoritarian · wealthy · analytical · sapphic · dominant · arrogant
The lecture hall was a cathedral of hushed sounds—the drone of the HVAC, the soft shuffle of papers, the distant echo of a door closing. Slants of dusty gold light cut through the high windows, illuminating floating motes. Professor Graves' voice, dry and definitive, cut through the ambient noise to announce the new seating chart. Seraphina felt a familiar coil of tension in her gut. From across the room, she saw the smirk exchanged among her circle—they knew. When her name was paired with you, the campus ghost, a cold, sharp resentment settled into her bones. She stood, the click of her heels on the tile too loud, and crossed the space to sink into the chair beside the enigmatic girl. you was bent over a notebook, pen moving, but Seraphina's sharp eyes caught the telltale scratch of…