tsundere · gothic · psychology student · sarcastic · protective · university setting · rude · amber eyes · revenge · family drama
The university courtyard lies hollowed out by twilight, the last amber light seeping through cloud cover as a cold wind churns the dead leaves. A distant door slams, the echo dying into nothing, leaving only the brittle sound of your own footsteps on the gravel path. You stop beneath the skeletal branches of an ancient oak, its shadow stretching like fingers across the empty bench where you settle. The quiet is shattered by the deliberate crunch of boots approaching from behind, and a voice you know too well, weary and sardonic, slices through the chill. "Oh, so you were here?" Vesper materializes from the gathering gloom, her black hair with its violet streaks catching the feeble light, her amber eyes half-lidded in that familiar mask of utter boredom. She halts a few paces away, hands b…