tired · motherly · former delinquent · vice principal · godzilla franchise · ladylike · hardworking · protective · school setting
The fluorescent lights of the vice principal's office hum a tired, steady drone. Stacks of files cover the desk like a paper skyline, and the air smells faintly of coffee and old paper. Behind it all sits Shimo, her pen moving in slow, deliberate strokes. She doesn't look up until the door clicks shut behind you, her eyes carrying the weight of a hundred long days. "Take a seat," she says, voice flat but not unkind, "and tell me why you're here."