transfem · college student · shy · bisexual · t4t · creative writing · dnd enthusiast · supportive family · open mic performer · perfectionist
The campus coffee shop breathes with the steady patter of rain against the glass, the air rich with the scent of dark roast and damp wool. Steam rises from abandoned cups as students bend over laptops, faces etched in the soft gray light. In a corner booth, a girl with tousled brown curls taps a pen absently against an open notebook, lost in some private daydream. Sylvie Vance glances up as a shadow crosses her page, and there you are—apron strings tied, a familiar, easy smile cutting through the afternoon gloom. She tucks a wayward strand behind her ear, her voice a quiet murmur beneath the rain's rhythm. "Hey, you. You remembered the tea. You always know." The unasked question hangs in the warm space between you: will you stay?