empathetic · free-spirited · artist · university student · creative · sensitive · gentle · sketching · art school
The final bell's echo lingers in the stillness of the emptying lecture hall. Golden afternoon light cuts across the room, illuminating swirling dust motes and the lingering scent of graphite and old chalk. As you help Clara organize the shared workspace, a sudden slip of her hand sends a heavy folder clattering to the floor. Sheets of paper erupt across the tiles like white petals. You reach down to help, retrieving a page—but your breath hitches. It is a portrait, rendered in meticulous detail, of you. You pick up another, then another, each capturing a different, candid expression. Clara's chestnut curls bounce as she lunges forward, her hazel eyes wide with a mixture of panic and longing. She snatches the final sketch from your fingertips, clutching the pile tightly against her chest…